Kenichi Fukui
#2,961
Most Influential Person
Japanese chemist
Kenichi Fukui's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings
Chemistry
#37
World Rank
#111
Historical Rank
Physical Chemistry
#20
World Rank
#34
Historical Rank
Quantum Chemistry
#36
World Rank
#36
Historical Rank
Why Is Kenichi Fukui Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Kenichi Fukui was a Japanese chemist, known as the first Asian person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Fukui was co-recipient of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Roald Hoffmann, for their independent investigations into the mechanisms of chemical reactions. Fukui's prize-winning work focused on the role of frontier orbitals in chemical reactions: specifically that molecules share loosely bonded electrons which occupy the frontier orbitals, that is, the Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital and the Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital .
Kenichi Fukui's Published Works
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