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Yoshito Kishi (岸 義人, Kishi Yoshito, 13 April 1937 – 9 January 2023) was a Japanese chemist who was the Morris Loeb Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University. He was known for his contributions to the sciences of organic synthesis and total synthesis.




Early life and education


Kishi was born in Nagoya, Japan and attended Nagoya University, where he obtained both his BS and PhD degrees. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University where he worked with Robert Burns Woodward. From 1966 through 1974, he was a professor of chemistry at Nagoya University. Since 1974, Kishi had been a professor of chemistry at Harvard University.
Kishi's research has focused on the total synthesis of complex natural products. The accomplishments of his research group include the total syntheses of palytoxin, mycolactones, halichondrins, saxitoxin, tetrodotoxin, geldanamycin, batrachotoxin and many others. Kishi has also contributed to the development of new chemical reactions including the Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi reaction.




Recognition


1999 Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy
2001 Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry & BioMedicinal Chemistry
2001 Ernest Guenther Award
2001 Person of Cultural Merit
2013 Order of the Sacred Treasure
2018 Ryoji Noyori Prize




See also


Hitoshi Nozaki




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