# Akira Suzuki

> Akira Suzuki is a Japanese chemist and professor emeritus at Hokkaido University who discovered the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction now universally known as the Suzuki reaction (or Suzuki–Miyaura coupling). This reaction enables chemists to join two carbon-bearing molecules via a carbon–carbon bond using organoboron reagents and a palladium catalyst under mild conditions, with high selectivity and tolerance of a wide range of functional groups. The Suzuki reaction has become one of the most widely used reactions in synthetic chemistry — it is employed in approximately 25% of all pharmaceutical active ingredient syntheses and is central to the production of agrichemicals, polymers, and fine chemicals. Suzuki shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Ei-ichi Negishi and Richard Heck. The Suzuki coupling transformed drug discovery timelines and enabled the production of complex natural product analogs that were previously inaccessible, fundamentally reshaping medicinal chemistry and green chemistry practices across the global pharmaceutical industry.

*Source: [https://selltoscientists.com/researchers/akira-suzuki/](https://selltoscientists.com/researchers/akira-suzuki/)*

**Institution:** Hokkaido University
**Field:** Organic Chemistry / Catalysis
**H-index:** 57
**Publications:** 280
**Grants:** 20
**Patents:** 15

## Industry collaborations

- Pharmaceutical industry (Suzuki coupling)
- Agrochemical companies

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