Hisashi Yamamoto

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Hisashi Yamamoto ( Japanese 山 本 尚 , Yamamoto Hisashi ; born July 16, 1943 in Kobe ) is a Japanese chemist ( organic chemistry ) who is a professor at the University of Chicago .

Yamamoto studied at Kyoto University with a bachelor's degree in 1967 and received his doctorate in 1971 from Harvard University . 1972 to 1977 he was assistant professor at the University of Kyoto and 1977 to 1980 associate professor at the University of Hawaii . 1983 to 2002 he was a professor at Nagoya University and was then professor in Chicago.

He dealt with enantioselective catalysis in organic synthesis, especially with Lewis acids as catalysts. He did pioneering work here and introduced a whole range of new catalysts / ligands, for example organic compounds with aluminum, with binaphtol or based on tartaric acid (CAB), amino acids and hydroquinone .

In 2007 he received a Humboldt Research Prize , the Tetrahedron Prize in 2006 , the Ryōji Noyori Prize in 2011 , the Prelog Medal in 1993 and the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry in 2009 . Since 2003 he has been a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science . In 2006 he received the Tetrahedron Prize and in 2007 the Japan Academy Prize, in 2002 the Grand Prix de la Fondation Maison de Chimie and in 2009 the Grand Prize for Synthetic Organic Chemistry in Japan. In 2002 he was awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal in Japan. In 2011 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . For 2017 he was awarded the Roger Adams Award .

Fonts

  • with Koichiro Oshima (Editor): Main Group Metals in Organic Synthesis. John Wiley & Sons, 2006
  • with Eric N. Jacobsen , Andreas Pfaltz (editor) Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis , 3 volumes, Springer Verlag 1999 (Supplement 2004)
  • Editor with Erick M. Carreira : Comprehensive Chirality , 9 volumes, Elsevier 2012
  • Published in: Lewis acid reagents: a practical approach , Oxford University Press 1999
  • Editor: Lewis acids in organic synthesis , Wiley-VCH, 2 volumes, 2000

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personal data
SURNAME Yamamoto, Hisashi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 山 本 尚 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese chemist
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Kobe