suzuki
suzuki — biographical name
1. Akira Suzuki (born 1930), a Japanese scientist who discovered a practical way to
Akira Suzuki (born 1930), a Japanese scientist who discovered a practical way to join carbon-based molecules using a palladium catalyst — a process now called the Suzuki reaction. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2010 together with Richard F. Heck and Ei-ichi Negishi.
Suzuki shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Richard Heck and Ei-ichi Negishi.
The Suzuki reaction, named after the chemist, is widely taught in organic chemistry courses.
passive: is widely taught in [academic field]
Many pharmaceutical companies rely on Suzuki's cross-coupling method to create new drugs.
collocation: Suzuki's cross-coupling method / rely on + [method]
A research team at Hokkaido University still uses the techniques Suzuki developed in the 1970s.
Suzuki's discovery made it much easier to build complex carbon structures for medicines and electronics.
- Suzuki reaction
- Suzuki coupling
- palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Hokkaido University
- carbon-carbon bond formation
- Akira Suzuki
the chemist's full name; used in formal and academic contexts
- Suzuki reaction
indirect reference — sometimes 'Suzuki' stands for the reaction itself rather than the person
Usage Note
The name appears most often in the compound terms 'Suzuki reaction' or 'Suzuki coupling' in chemistry textbooks and research articles. When referring to the person, the full name 'Akira Suzuki' is typically used in formal writing.