Nobel laureate Akira Suzuki gives talk on organic synthesis
Tainan, Taiwan, March 14, 2016
Dr. Akira Suzuki, a Japanese chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, shared his thoughts about science and his joy of winning the prize with his audience at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, on the afternoon of March 11.
Dr. Suzuki talked about his passion for mathematics as a child, the importance of education, his findings in chemistry, the work that gave him the Nobel Prize, and gave some advice to young students.
He also shared the story about the morning when he received a phone call from the Nobel Foundation and said, “I was surprised and honored by the good news.”
Dr. Suzuki said that he first published the Suzuki reaction in 1979 which is a chemical reaction that uses boronic acids or esters.
He introduced Suzuki coupling to his audience and said, “Suzuki coupling is a short cut to biaryls.”
Suzuki coupling is a form of palladium-catalyzed cross couplings, which is widely used to synthesize poly-olefins, styrenes, and substituted biphenyls, according to Dr. Suzuki.
In his talk, he showed some useful dugs synthesis by Suzuki coupling, including anti-HIV drugs, antibiotics, and anti-inflammatory drugs and some applications of Suzuki coupling as well.
Many professors, students and people in the university community came to listen to Dr. Suzuki’s talk.
A chemistry student, Lee, said, “Suzuki reaction gives every chemist an easier way to achieve carbon coupling with higher purity and yield.”
Lee asked Dr. Suzuki a question: What did your life change after receiving the Nobel Prize? “My life hasn’t changed at all,” responded Dr. Suzuki with a warm smile.
Branson Zheng also from the Department of Chemistry shared his thoughts about Suzuki reaction saying, “This reaction is so important because it can direct the reagent to certain site, reduce the steps of complicate reaction and make the yield much better."
"Without this study, some medicine component or OLED might not be synthesized that easy, and the pharmacy or electronic industry will still have some trouble to produce their products," he added.
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Dr. Akira Suzuki, a Japanese chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, shared his thoughts about science and his joy of winning the prize with his audience at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, on the afternoon of March 11.
Dr. Suzuki talked about his passion for mathematics as a child, the importance of education, his findings in chemistry, the work that gave him the Nobel Prize, and gave some advice to young students.
He also shared the story about the morning when he received a phone call from the Nobel Foundation and said, “I was surprised and honored by the good news.”
Dr. Suzuki said that he first published the Suzuki reaction in 1979 which is a chemical reaction that uses boronic acids or esters.
He introduced Suzuki coupling to his audience and said, “Suzuki coupling is a short cut to biaryls.”
Suzuki coupling is a form of palladium-catalyzed cross couplings, which is widely used to synthesize poly-olefins, styrenes, and substituted biphenyls, according to Dr. Suzuki.
In his talk, he showed some useful dugs synthesis by Suzuki coupling, including anti-HIV drugs, antibiotics, and anti-inflammatory drugs and some applications of Suzuki coupling as well.
Many professors, students and people in the university community came to listen to Dr. Suzuki’s talk.
A chemistry student, Lee, said, “Suzuki reaction gives every chemist an easier way to achieve carbon coupling with higher purity and yield.”
Lee asked Dr. Suzuki a question: What did your life change after receiving the Nobel Prize? “My life hasn’t changed at all,” responded Dr. Suzuki with a warm smile.
Branson Zheng also from the Department of Chemistry shared his thoughts about Suzuki reaction saying, “This reaction is so important because it can direct the reagent to certain site, reduce the steps of complicate reaction and make the yield much better."
"Without this study, some medicine component or OLED might not be synthesized that easy, and the pharmacy or electronic industry will still have some trouble to produce their products," he added.
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