Hisashi Yamamoto

Hisashi Yamamoto (山 本 尚jap, Hisashi Yamamoto, * July 16, 1943 in Kobe ) is a Japanese chemist ( Organic Chemistry ), Professor at the University of Chicago.

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

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

In 2007 he received a Humboldt Research Award, the 2011 Ryoji Noyori Prize, 1993 Prelog Medal, and the 2009 American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. In 2006 he received the Tetrahedron Prize and the 2007 Japan Academy Prize, the 2002 Grand Prix de la Fondation Maison de Chimie and in 2009 the Grand Prix of Synthetic Organic Chemistry in Japan. In 2002 he received the medal in Japan with purple ribbon.

Writings

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