Ryoji Noyori
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Ryoji Noyori is a Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric catalysis and its applications in organic synthesis.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ryoji Noyori canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ryoji Noyori Context triple: [ACS Award in Organic Chemistry, hasRecipient, Ryoji Noyori]
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A.
Shigeo Hirose
Shigeo Hirose is a pioneering Japanese roboticist renowned for his innovative work in robot mechanisms and design, particularly in snake-like and walking robots.
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B.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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C.
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka is a Japanese engineer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his pioneering work in mass spectrometry, particularly soft laser desorption ionization.
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D.
Yukio Edano
Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician and former Chief Cabinet Secretary who became a prominent opposition leader as the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
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E.
Hideo Ohno
Hideo Ohno is a Japanese physicist renowned for his pioneering work in spintronics and semiconductor physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ryoji Noyori Target entity description: Ryoji Noyori is a Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric catalysis and its applications in organic synthesis.
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A.
Shigeo Hirose
Shigeo Hirose is a pioneering Japanese roboticist renowned for his innovative work in robot mechanisms and design, particularly in snake-like and walking robots.
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B.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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C.
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka is a Japanese engineer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his pioneering work in mass spectrometry, particularly soft laser desorption ionization.
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D.
Yukio Edano
Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician and former Chief Cabinet Secretary who became a prominent opposition leader as the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
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E.
Hideo Ohno
Hideo Ohno is a Japanese physicist renowned for his pioneering work in spintronics and semiconductor physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese chemist
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Nobel laureate ⓘ chemist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
fine chemical production
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pharmaceutical synthesis ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Japan Academy Prize
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Order of Culture ⓘ Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ Wolf Prize in Chemistry ⓘ |
| citizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Kyoto University ⓘ |
| employer | Nagoya University ⓘ |
| familyName | Noyori ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
asymmetric catalysis
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catalysis ⓘ organic chemistry ⓘ synthetic chemistry ⓘ |
| givenName | Ryoji ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
chemistry
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organic synthesis ⓘ |
| influenced | development of industrial asymmetric catalysis ⓘ |
| knownFor |
applications of asymmetric catalysis in organic synthesis
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asymmetric hydrogenation ⓘ chiral catalysis ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
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Japan Academy ⓘ Pontifical Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Ryoji Noyori self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Masakatsu Shibasaki ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Noyori asymmetric hydrogenation catalysts
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development of chiral ruthenium catalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation ⓘ |
| occupation |
chemist
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researcher ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
president of RIKEN
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professor at Nagoya University ⓘ |
| residence | Japan ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Subject: Ryoji Noyori Description of subject: Ryoji Noyori is a Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric catalysis and its applications in organic synthesis.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry