Prof. Dr. Shun-Ichi Murahashi

Profile

Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsOrganic Molecular Chemistry,Kinetics and Catalysis,Preparative and Physical Chemistry of Polymers
KeywordsAtom Efficiency, C-H Activation, Polymerization, Redox Lewis Acids, Redox Lewis Bases

Current contact address

CountryJapan
CitySuita
InstitutionOsaka University

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. habil. Jun OkudaInstitut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz
Prof. Dr. Dr. habil. Jun OkudaInstitut für Anorganische Chemie (IAC), Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), Aachen
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2002

Programme(s)

2001Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Over the past two decades, Professor Murahashi has made most significant contributions in the area of environmentally sustainable, efficient organic synthesis. He has developed methodologies which dramatically reduce unnecessary wastes during the production of organic compounds such as pharmaceutical intermediates. Professor Murahashi has developed original organometallic methodologies and propagated biomimetic catalysis which ingeniously emulate metallo-enzymes in nature. The research project in Mainz will expand these novel concepts to the synthesis of new polymeric materials.