10 Facts About Ei-ichi Negishi

Ei-ichi Negishi was a Japanese chemist who was best known for his discovery of the Negishi coupling.

Ei-ichi Negishi 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.

Ei-ichi Negishi was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for palladium catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis" jointly with Richard F Heck and Akira Suzuki.

In 1943, when he was nine, the Ei-ichi Negishi family moved to Incheon, and a year later to Kyongsong Prefecture, both in Japanese-occupied Korea.

Ei-ichi Negishi returned to Purdue University as a full professor in the same year.

Ei-ichi Negishi reported that organoaluminum compounds and organic zirconium compounds can be used for cross-coupling.

Ei-ichi Negishi was committed to instilling rigorous practices in his lab, emphasizing the need of keeping organized and comprehensive records.

Ei-ichi Negishi began dating Sumire Suzuki in his freshman year and they announced their engagement to their parents in March 1958.

When he was taken to hospital, officers identified him as Ei-ichi Negishi and found that police in Indiana were looking for him and his wife.

Ei-ichi Negishi went looking for help and was said to be suffering from an "acute state of confusion and shock".