Chemist no. 96 of 350 · Organic

Ei-ichi Negishi

1935-2021JapanNobel Chemistry 2010

Negishi palladium cross-coupling

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The discovery, explained

Ei-ichi Negishi and the Zinc Reagents That Joined Carbon Fragments Cleanly

Negishi coupling explained: organozinc plus organic halide with Pd or Ni catalyst. Mechanism, scope, comparison with Suzuki and Stille, exam points for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

Ei-ichi Negishi: From a Japanese Industrial Chemist to a Nobel Laureate in Indiana

Biography of Ei-ichi Negishi (1935-2021): born in Changchun, trained in Tokyo and Pennsylvania, Purdue professor and 2010 Nobel laureate in chemistry.

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Academic lineage

Documented doctoral, postdoctoral and teaching links. Dashed chips are teachers outside the 350 chemists listed here.

Teachers: Herbert C. Brownpostdoc
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