About
Ei-ichi Negishi was a Japanese chemist who was best known for his discovery of the Negishi coupling. He spent most of his career at Purdue University in the United States, where he was the Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor and the director of the Negishi-Brown Institute.
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Milestones, by age
Dated facts from Wikidata; ages marked “about” come from year-only dates.
- ~51Named Guggenheim Fellowship1986
- ~75Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry2010
- ~75Received the Order of Culture2010
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- Ei-ichi Negishi (Q105927) · Wikidata
- Ei-ichi Negishi · Wikipedia
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