Kenichi Fukui

Kenichi Fukui
Kenichi Fukuiwas a Japanese chemist...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth4 October 1918
CountryJapan
assistant became chemistry department fuel imperial kyoto lecturer professor university
I became lecturer in the Fuel Chemistry Department of Kyoto Imperial University in 1943, assistant professor in 1945, and professor in 1951.
chemical compound extending range reactions success widely
This success led my theoretical group to the chemical reactivity theory, extending more and more widely the range of compound and reactions that were discussed.
chemical distinct information provide reacting reactions role served shape
This simple idea served to provide information on the geometrical shape of reacting molecules, and I was able to make the role of the frontier orbitals in chemical reactions more distinct through visualization, by drawing their diagrams.
accept basic cause highest honour ourselves peace spirit wish
In that spirit we wish to accept this highest honour - in the cause of peace - not for ourselves alone, but for all researchers in basic chemistry.
coming confess imagined nobel prize receive stockholm
I must confess that, when I was writing the 1952 paper, I never imagined I would be coming to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize 30 years later.
basic electron frontier importance
The basic idea was essentially the consideration of the importance of the electron delocalization between the frontier orbitals of reactant species.
fields may praying
We pray that every field of science may contribute in bringing happiness - not disaster - to human beings.
chemistry reactions theory
But the nature of my main work in chemistry can be better represented by more than 280 English publications, of which roughly 200 concern the theory of chemical reactions and related subjects.
believe survival inheritance
In particular, for younger researchers on whom the future of mankind may depend. We believe that they are working with all the scientific wisdom at their disposal for the preservation of the inheritance of the earth and for the lasting survival of mankind.
thinking judging research
We think that it is the best scientists working in the frontier fields of science who are best able to judge what is good and what is bad - if any - in the application of their scientific research.
path chemical-reactions chemicals
I was also interested in formulating the path of chemical reactions.
groups scientist approach
The frontier orbital approach was further developed in various directions by my own group and many other scientists, both theoretical and experimental.
real unity energy
Chemistry itself knows altogether too well that - given the real fear that the scarcity of global resources and energy might threaten the unity of mankind - chemistry is in a position to make a contribution towards securing a true peace on earth.