Back كينيتشي فوكوي Arabic كينيتشى فوكوى ARZ Keniçi Fukui Azerbaijani کنیچی فوکویی AZB Кэн’іці Фукуі Byelorussian Кеничи Фукуи Bulgarian কেনিচি ফুকুই Bengali/Bangla Kenichi Fukui Catalan Ken’iči Fukui Czech Kenichi Fukui Danish
Kenichi Fukui | |
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| Born | October 4, 1918 |
| Died | January 9, 1998 (aged 79) Kyoto, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Citizenship | Japan |
| Alma mater | Kyoto Imperial University |
| Known for | Frontier orbitals[2] Fukui function |
| Spouse | Tomoe Horie (m.1947) |
| Children | Tetsuya Fukui(son) and Miyako Fukui(daughter) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto University |
| Doctoral advisor | Shinjiro Kodama |
| Doctoral students | Keiji Morokuma Gernot Frenking |
Kenichi Fukui (福井 謙一, Fukui Ken'ichi, October 4, 1918 – January 9, 1998) was a Japanese chemist,[1] known as the first person of East Asian ancestry to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Fukui was co-recipient of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Roald Hoffmann, for their independent investigations into the mechanisms of chemical reactions. Fukui's prize-winning work focused on the role of frontier orbitals in chemical reactions: specifically that molecules share loosely bonded electrons which occupy the frontier orbitals, that is, the Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) and the Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO).[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
- ^ a b Buckingham, A. D.; Nakatsuji, H. (2001). "Kenichi Fukui. 4 October 1918 -- 9 January 1998: Elected F.R.S. 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 47: 223. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2001.0013.
- ^ "Fukui's Frontiers: The first Japanese scientist to win a Nobel Prize introduced the concept of frontier orbitals" (PDF). Pubs.acs.org. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- ^ Fukui, K (November 1982). "Role of Frontier Orbitals in Chemical Reactions". Science. 218 (4574): 747–754. Bibcode:1982Sci...218..747F. doi:10.1126/science.218.4574.747. PMID 17771019. S2CID 268306.
- ^ Fukui, K.; Yonezawa, T.; Shingu, H. (1952). "A Molecular Orbital Theory of Reactivity in Aromatic Hydrocarbons". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 20 (4): 722. Bibcode:1952JChPh..20..722F. doi:10.1063/1.1700523.
- ^ Bell J, Johnstone B, Nakaki S: The new face of Japanese science. New Scientist, March 21, 1985, p. 31.
- ^ Sri Kantha S: Kenichi Fukui. In, Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, edited by Richard Olson, Marshall Cavendish Corp, New York, 1998, pp. 456–458. [ISBN missing]
- ^ The Chemical Intelligencer 1995, 1(2), 14-18, Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc.
- ^ "Biographical Snapshots | Chemical Education Xchange". Jce.divched.org. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- ^ Kenichi Fukui on Nobelprize.org , accessed 11 October 2020
