Tohru Fukuyama

Tohru Fukuyama

Tohru Fukuyama
Born 1948
Anjō, Aichi, Japan
Institutions Harvard University, Rice University, University of Tokyo
Alma mater Nagoya University, Harvard University
Doctoral advisor Yoshito Kishi
Known for Fukuyama coupling

Tohru Fukuyama (福山 透 Fukuyama Tōru, born 9 August 1948) is a Japanese organic chemist and Professor of Chemistry at University of Tokyo in Japan. He discovered the Fukuyama coupling in 1998.

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner Satoshi Ōmura is his friend.

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