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The Transformation of Organic Chemistry in Japan: From Majima Riko to the Third International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products (2016)

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Organic chemistry Development of science; change in science Japan Majima, Rikou

The Period from 1930 to 1960 as a Turning Point of Chemistry in Japan Majima Riko (1874–1962), one of the first organic research chemists of Japan1, is widely known especially for his study of urushiol, the main component of Japanese lacquer tree sap. His research strategy involved studying the structure of the components of Japan’s local natural products using newly developed methods from Europe to catch up to and compete with chemists in more advanced countries in the West2. Majima’s approach became the primary research method employed by research organic chemists in Japan until the 1950s. After Fukui Ken-ichi received the Nobel Prize in chemistry in Japan in 1981, six Japanese chemists went on to receive the same award. Most of these scientists discovered and developed new methods or theories from the 1950s to the 1970s. This paper considers the Third IUPAC Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products in Kyoto in 1964, two years after Majima’s death, as indication of the transformation of organic chemistry in Japan. By analyzing the circumstances behind this symposium, the topics presented in the symposium, and its consequences in the 1960s, this paper will elucidate the major factors that influenced the transformation of organic chemistry research in Japan.

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Authors & Contributors
Klein, Ursula
Kogure, Tomokazu
Manuel DeLanda
Noboru Hirota
Stevenson, William R., III
Röker, Klaus-D.
Journals
化学史研究 [Kagakushi kenkyū; Journal of the Japanese Society for the History of Chemistry]
Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, Fachgruppe Geschichte der Chemie
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Cahiers François Viète Center for Epistemology and History of Science and Technology (CFV)
Historical Records of Australian Science
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Publishers
The MIT Press
Stanford University Press
Springer
Macmillan
Bloomsbury Academic
Birkhäuser
Concepts
Organic chemistry
Development of science; change in science
Chemistry
Philosophy of science
Physical chemistry
Models and modeling in science
People
Majima, Rikou
Mizushima, Sanʾichirō (1899-1983)
Shaw, Frank
Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
Hofmann, August Wilhelm von
Takebe, Katahiro
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
Meiji period (Japan, 1868-1910)
Edo period (Japan, 1603-1868)
Places
Japan
Institutions
Nicholas Pty Ltd
Tokyo Institute of Technology
University of Melbourne
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