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Ei-ichi Negishi

1935 - 2021

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Ei-ichi Negishi (根岸 英一, Negishi Eiichi, July 14, 1935 – June 6, 2021) 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. He was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for palladium catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis" jointly with Richard F. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ei-ichi Negishi has received more than 234,360 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Ei-ichi Negishi is the 183rd most popular chemist (up from 211th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from China (up from 341st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Chemist.

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  • 56

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  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ei-ichi Negishi ranks 183 out of 509. Before him are Georg Wittig, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Antoine Jérôme Balard, Louis Jacques Thénard, Max Perutz, and Joachim Frank. After him are Walter Gilbert, Alan J. Heeger, Raymond Davis Jr., Stanislao Cannizzaro, Germain Henri Hess, and Julius Axelrod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Ei-ichi Negishi ranks 48. Before him are Satoshi Ōmura, Sylvia Earle, Danilo Kiš, Mylène Demongeot, Wim Duisenberg, and Masahito, Prince Hitachi. After him are Ernesto Laclau, Harrison Schmitt, Artur Rasizade, Abdou Diouf, Ken Kesey, and Lorenzo Bandini. Among people deceased in 2021, Ei-ichi Negishi ranks 76. Before him are Jean-Claude Carrière, Hal Holbrook, Giampiero Boniperti, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Nelson Freire, and Richard Donner. After him are János Kornai, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Joan Didion, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Ed Asner, and Robert H. Grubbs.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ei-ichi Negishi ranks 286 out of 1,392. Before him are Linji Yixuan (850), Chen Duxiu (1879), Sima Guang (1019), Ban Zhao (45), Emperor Zhang of Han (57), and Meng Huo (101). After him are Zu Chongzhi (429), Ai Weiwei (1957), Xun Yu (163), Zhu Rongji (1928), Li Yuanhong (1864), and Wang Chong (27).

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Among CHEMISTS In China

Among chemists born in China, Ei-ichi Negishi ranks 2. Before him are Tu Youyou (1930). After him are Edmond H. Fischer (1920).

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