Ryōji Noyori

Also known as Ryoji Noyori, Ryouji Noyori, Noyori Ryōji, Noyori Ryoji, Noyori Ryouji

Japanese chemist (1938 - )

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Ryōji Noyori is a Japanese chemist born in 1938 who is recognized for his contributions to the field of chemistry. His work has made important advances in chemical science, though the specific details of his major accomplishments would require additional context to describe fully.

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Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation Catalyzed by Chiral Ruthenium Complexes
· 1997 · cited 2,211x
Asymmetric Catalysis by Architectural and Functional Molecular Engineering: Practical Chemo- and Stereoselective Hydrogenation of Ketones
· 2001 · cited 1,713x
Asymmetric Catalysis: Science and Opportunities (Nobel Lecture) Copyright© The Nobel Foundation 2002. We thank the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, for permission to print this lecture.
· 2002 · cited 1,446x
BINAP: an efficient chiral element for asymmetric catalysis
· 1990 · cited 1,227x
Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Aromatic Ketones Catalyzed by Chiral Ruthenium(II) Complexes
· 1995 · cited 1,180x

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Quotes

“Keep stupid, keep crazy. Knowledge begins with wonder. Success as a scientist is based on keen curiosity. If one wants to enjoy academic life, I would recommend him or her to be different.”

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Ryōji Noyori (野依良治, Noyori Ryōji; born 3 September 1938) is a Japanese chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001, Noyori shared a half of the prize with William S. Knowles for the study of chirally catalyzed hydrogenations; the second half of the prize went to K. Barry Sharpless for his study in chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions (Sharpless epoxidation).

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