Tohru Fukuyama | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Nagoya University Harvard University |
Known for | Fukuyama coupling |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Harvard University Rice University University of Tokyo |
Thesis | The total synthesis of gliotoxin (1977) |
Doctoral advisor | Yoshito 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.