Tsutomu Katsuki

Tsutomu Katsuki (September 23, 1946 – October 13, 2014) was an organic chemist who primarily focused on asymmetric oxidation reactions utilizing transition metal catalysts.

Education

Katsuki performed doctoral studies in the lab of Masaru Yamaguchi, contributing to the development of the Yamaguchi esterification. As a postdoctoral research associate with Professor Karl Barry Sharpless at Stanford University, he performed the first Sharpless epoxidation reaction. This reaction would eventually be acknowledged with the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Sharpless).

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1. Tsutomu
2. Jacobsen epoxidation
3. Simmons–Smith reaction
4. Trans-3-Methyl-4-octanolide
5. Deaths in October 2014
6. Ryoji Noyori Prize
7. Restriction landmark genomic scanning
8. Casiopea World Live '88
9. Metal Slug 6
10. Cool Devices
11. Diisopropyl tartrate
12. Mario Clash
13. Ghost Hunt (novel series)
14. Ruthenium tetroxide
15. Yamazaki
16. Bodhidharma
17. World Fairy Tale Series
18. List of Chihayafuru episodes
19. List of Imperial Japanese Navy admirals
20. Timeline of chemistry