Yoshimasa Hirata (1915-2000)
Organic chemist and natural product chemist.
Emeritus Professor at Nagoya University.
Renowned as an educator, with many famous researchers having emerged from his tutelage.
経歴
- 1941
- Graduated from the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo (Assistant Professor Benno B. Müller)
- 1941
- Entered the Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
- 1943-1944
- Assistant at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo
- 1944 Jan.-May
- Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Nagoya Imperial University
- 1944 Jun.-1953
- Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science, Nagoya Imperial University
- 1952-1953
- Visiting Researcher (Professor Lewis F. Feiser) at Harvard University
- 1954-1979
- Professor at Nagoya University
- 1961-1965
- Councilor at Nagoya University
- 1965-1966
- Dean of Students at Nagoya University
- 1977-1978
- Vice President of the Chemical Society of Japan
- 1979-1988
- Professor at Meijo University
- 1980-1995
- Councilor of Tetrahedron and Tetrahedron Letters
- Mar. 5, 2000
- Passed away (84 years old)
Awards and Honors
- 1941
- Chunichi Cultural Award
- 1965
- Asahi Prize, Chemical Society of Japan Award
- 1977
- Japan Academy Prize (Fujihara Award) for “Research on Trace Natural Organic Compounds”
- 1987
- Order of the Sacred Treasure, Second Class
- 1990
- Cultural Merit Award
- 1996
- Special Award of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
- 2000
- Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon; promoted to Fourth Rank of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun
Principal Research Topics and Achievements
・Separation and structural determination of extremely trace substances with physiological effects in natural products.
・Structural determination of compounds such as tetrodotoxin.
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