Tohru Fukuyama

Tohru Fukuyama
Tohru Fukuyama
Born (1948-08-09) August 9, 1948 (age 76)
Alma materNagoya University
Harvard University
Known forFukuyama coupling
Scientific career
InstitutionsHarvard University
Rice University
University of Tokyo
ThesisThe total synthesis of gliotoxin (1977)
Doctoral advisorYoshito Kishi

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.