Akira Suzuki

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Akira Suzuki is a Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for co-developing the Suzuki coupling reaction, a pivotal method in organic synthesis.


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instanceOf Nobel laureate
chemist
human
awardReceived H. C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods
Japan Academy Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Order of Culture
Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry
coDeveloperOf Suzuki coupling
Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction
coRecipientOf 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
countryOfCitizenship Japan
developedMethodUsedIn agrochemical synthesis
materials science
pharmaceutical synthesis
doctoralAdvisor Iwao Nitta NERFINISHED
educatedAt Hokkaido University NERFINISHED
employer Hokkaido University NERFINISHED
familyName Suzuki
fieldOfWork cross-coupling reactions
organic chemistry
organoboron chemistry
gender male
givenName Akira
hasAcademicDiscipline chemistry
organic synthesis
hasHonor emeritus professor title at Hokkaido University
influencedBy H. C. Brown
knownFor Suzuki coupling
Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction
languageSpoken Japanese
name Akira Suzuki NERFINISHED
nationality Japanese
nativeLanguage Japanese
nobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
nobelPrizeYear 2010
notableConcept palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of organoboron compounds with organic halides
notableStudent Norio Miyaura NERFINISHED
occupation research chemist
university professor
positionHeld professor at Hokkaido University
sharedNobelPrizeWith Ei-ichi Negishi
Richard F. Heck

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