Wataru Nagata
Wataru Nagata ( Japanese 永田 亘 Nagata Wataru , born February 17, 1922 in Takeno (today: Toyooka ), Hyōgo Prefecture ; † May 9, 1995 ) was a Japanese chemist and from 1971 to 1976 the second foreign co-editor of the journal Organic Syntheses .
Life
Nagata studied at the University of Tokyo until 1945 with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree . After working as a senior chemist in the research laboratories of the pharmaceutical company Shionogi, he continued his studies from 1954 with a research stay with the Nobel Prize winner Tadeus Reichstein at the University of Basel . After returning to the Shionogi research laboratories, he was head of the department responsible for the total synthesis of steroids . Further work dealt with the synthesis of diterpene alkaloids. As a key reaction , he developed the Nagata reaction - the introduction of cyano groups into α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.
Web links
- Wataru Nagata's research while affiliated with Shionogi & Co., Ltd. and other places. Retrieved January 2, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b William G. Dauben: Wataru Nagata. (PDF) 1996, accessed on January 2, 2019 (English).
- ↑ W. Nagata, M. Yoshioka, S. Hirai: A new hydrocyanation method . In: Tetrahedron Letters . tape 3 , no. 11 . Elsevier BV, 1962, ISSN 0040-4039 , p. 461-466 , doi : 10.1016 / S0040-4039 (00) 70493-X .
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| SURNAME | Nagata, Wataru |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 永田 亘 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Takeno (today: Toyooka ), Hyogo Prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1995 |