Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor Eichi Negishi

A large number of organic reactions including biochemical processes are promoted by catalysts. Besides traditional Lewis acids and bases and biochemical catalysts, i.e., enzymes, transition metals and their complexes represent one of the most important groups of catalysts. Our research is mainly directed towards (i) discovery and development of transition metal-catalyzed organic reactions, (ii) their application to those organic transformations which are of interest in the health-and energy-related areas, and (iii) development of polymer and materials chemistry based on organotransition metal chemistry.

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