Kenichi Fukui's research notes
Here we provide about 100 of the research notes, categorized into 12 research themes, from "Kenichi Fukui papers and records, 1936–1988, bulk 1940–1982." in the Kyoto University Digital Archives System. The Digital Archive System (see the link below) allows you to view more materials in high resolution.
Supervisors: Kazuyoshi Tanaka (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University / Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University), Yoshio Nishimoto (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
Table of Contents
(1) Archival materials available at Japan Search
Notes of experiments(A) cover hydrocarbon compounds(A-1) and those related to inorganic elements(A-2). Theories(B) cover physical chemistry, chemistry, and physics. Biological studies(C) cover general biological molecules and cancer-related compounds.
A: Notes on experimental studies
A-1: Hydrocarbon compounds
Synchronous 1,4-syn conjugate elimination (with ref. of JACS. DOI: 10.1021/ja01608a020)
A-2: Inorganic-element related compounds
Unfinished note of reaction formula between keto isomer of cyanuric-acid derivative (trione structure) and diamine or diol
Utilization of acetonitrile: Carboxylation of 2,4,6-trimethyltriazine, and amidation reaction between acetonitrile and acetone
Carboxylation reaction from dinitrile compound of propanol or propylamine (with intermediates)
Biuret (urea dimer) formation from urea (with ref. of IEC. DOI: 10.1021/ie50580a035)
B: Notes on theoretical studies
Reference of solubility of p-block metals in melt halide (with ref. of JACS. DOI: 10.1021/ja01569a010)
Reference of glass transition and glass state (with ref. of JCP. DOI: 10.1063/1.1744141)
Mechanism of Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement (with ref. of JACS. DOI: 10.1021/ja01606a030)
Electronic structure of ferrocene (with ref. of Trans. Faraday Soc. DOI: 10.1039/TF9565200904)
C: Notes on biological studies
Structural formula of 5-vinyl-2-oxazolidine thione (goitrin): Antithyroid factor involved in green vegetable and turnip (with ref. of CA)
Chemical reaction from polyoxyphenols of western red cedar (with refs. of Can. J. Chem. and CA. DOI: 10.1139/v60-324)
Note of reaction mechanism of norbornanone (camphor) and hydroxide ion (with ref. of JACS. DOI: 10.1021/ja00977a014)
Study of photodecomposition reaction of carvonecamphor (with ref. of JACS. DOI: 10.1021/ja00977a015) *spelling miss
Newspaper-clipping (Aug. 8, 1962) about warning of thalidomide with drawing of chemical formula similar to N-phthalyl-glutamic acid imide (thalidomide)
Reduction of thioketone based on the coenzyme model (with ref. of JACS. DOI: 10.1021/ja01560a058)
(2) Database including the above materials
- Kenichi Fukui papers and records, 1936–1988, bulk 1940–1982.
Research Resource Archive, Kyoto University
Materials created by Kenichi Fukui, who was the Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry in 1981, related to his research and hosting an international conference.
(3) Organization providing and maintaining this page
- Research Resource Archive, Kyoto University
The Kyoto University Research Resource Archive is a project to make research materials collected or created in the process of education and research in Kyoto University permanently available as archives.




































