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Ei-ichi Negishi

Ei-ichi Negishi
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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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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. David Todd WilkinsonMay 13, 1935 – September 5, 2002
  2. Ei-ichi Negishi (this page)July 14, 1935 – June 6, 2021
  3. Lyudmila ChernykhJune 13, 1935 – July 28, 2017
  4. Satoshi ŌmuraJuly 12, 1935 – present
  5. Tamara SmirnovaDecember 15, 1935 – September 5, 2001
  6. Victor J. StengerJanuary 29, 1935 – August 2014

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