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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Chemistry (180) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1980s (97) 1981 (11) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1910s (117) 1918 (22) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Asia (96) Asia, northeast (41) Japan (26) Nara (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1990s (82) 1998 (11) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Asia (33) Asia, northeast (10) Japan (7) Kyoto (2) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) K (30) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) F (33) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 64 (34) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Chemists and Materials Scientists (111) Chemists (111) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Asia, northeast (38) Japan (27) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Asia (83) Asia, northeast (31) Japan (24) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Asia (32) Asia, northeast (16) Japan (14) Kyoto (4) Kyoto University (4) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Asia (71) Asia, northeast (34) Japan (33) Kyoto (18) Kyoto University (18) Alumni (8) Long-term academic staff (5) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) I (60) International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (12) J (15) Japan Academy (15) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards O-P (364) O (205) Order of Culture (24) Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class (7) P (242) Person of Cultural Merit (22) complete name: Kenichi Fukui nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1981 together with: Roald Hoffmann prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981 was awarded jointly to Kenichi Fukui and Roald Hoffmann "for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Kenichi family name: Fukui occupation: professor occupation: chemist field of work: chemist work location: Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan description: Kenichi Fukui was a Japanese chemist. Kenichi Fukui was co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981 with Roald Hoffmann, for their independent investigations into the mechanisms of chemical reactions. His prize-winning work focused on the role of frontier orbitals in chemical reactions: specifically that molecules share loosely bonded electrons which occupy the frontier orbitals, that is the Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) and the Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO). pronunciation: (福井 謙一 Fukui Ken'ichi) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1981/summary/> date birth: 1918 date death: 1998 usual name: Kenichi Fukui
