Fukui Kenichi

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Fukui Kenichi was a Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the frontier molecular orbital theory of chemical reactions.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry
chemist
human
theoretical chemist
academicDegree Doctor of Engineering
awardReceived Japan Academy Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Order of Culture
surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Order of the Rising Sun
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1918-10-04
dateOfDeath 1998-01-09
educatedAt Kyoto University
surface form: Kyoto Imperial University

Kyoto University
employer Kyoto University
era 20th-century chemistry
familyName Fukui
fieldOfWork chemistry
quantum chemistry
theoretical chemistry
gender male
givenName Kenichi
hasWork Chemistry of Frontier Orbitals
Theory of Orientation and Stereoselection
influenced development of frontier orbital theory in organic chemistry
influencedBy quantum mechanics in chemistry
knownFor frontier molecular orbital theory
theory of chemical reactions based on frontier orbitals
work on reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese
memberOf Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
surface form: Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (United States)

Japan Academy
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
name Fukui Kenichi self-link
nativeLanguage Japanese
NobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
NobelPrizeMotivation for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions
NobelPrizeYear 1981
notableStudent Roald Hoffmann
surface form: Roald Hoffmann (independent co-developer of related theories)
placeOfBirth Nara
surface form: Nara, Japan
placeOfDeath Kyoto
surface form: Kyoto, Japan
positionHeld Director of the Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University
President of Kyoto University
Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University
Professor at Kyoto University
residence Kyoto
surface form: Kyoto, Japan
sharedNobelPrizeWith Roald Hoffmann

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KU hasNotableAlumni Fukui Kenichi
subject surface form: Kyoto University
Roald Hoffmann sharedNobelPrizeWith Fukui Kenichi
this entity surface form: Kenichi Fukui
Fukui Kenichi name Fukui Kenichi self-link