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A tribute to Professor Kin‐ya Akiba on the occasion of his 75th birthday

A tribute to Professor Kin‐ya Akiba on the occasion of his 75th birthday Professor Kin‐ya Akiba celebrated his 75th birthday on June 11, 2011. Heteroatom Chemistry takes great pleasure in dedicating this special issue to him on this auspicious occasion. Professor Akiba received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, under the supervision of the late Professor Osamu Simamura in 1964 on “Mechanism of decomposition of peroxybenzoic acid.” He prepared sodium peroxybenzoate (p K a = 7.9) labeled with 18 O at the peroxidic oxygen atoms and reacted it with neutral hydrogen peroxide (p K a = 11.6) with natural 18 O abundance in 10 −2 –10 −3 N aq. sodium hydroxide and also in anhydrous methanol. The result clearly showed that dioxygen was evolved quantitatively from hydrogen peroxide by dehydrogenation with peroxybenzoate. He was appointed to the position of research associate in 1964, lecturer in 1972, and associate professor in 1978. During that time, he spent 2 years in the United States as a postdoctoral fellow. At the University of Florida (1969–1970), he worked with Professor W. R. Dolbier, Jr., on “thermal reorganization of isomeric tetramethylbiscyclopropylidenes, in which trimethylenemethanes were invoked as intermediates.” He moved to the Michigan State University (1970–1971) to work with Professor H. Hart http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Heteroatom Chemistry Wiley

A tribute to Professor Kin‐ya Akiba on the occasion of his 75th birthday

Heteroatom Chemistry , Volume 22 (3‐4) – Jan 1, 2011

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Wiley
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Copyright © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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1042-7163
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1098-1071
DOI
10.1002/hc.20732
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Abstract

Professor Kin‐ya Akiba celebrated his 75th birthday on June 11, 2011. Heteroatom Chemistry takes great pleasure in dedicating this special issue to him on this auspicious occasion. Professor Akiba received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, under the supervision of the late Professor Osamu Simamura in 1964 on “Mechanism of decomposition of peroxybenzoic acid.” He prepared sodium peroxybenzoate (p K a = 7.9) labeled with 18 O at the peroxidic oxygen atoms and reacted it with neutral hydrogen peroxide (p K a = 11.6) with natural 18 O abundance in 10 −2 –10 −3 N aq. sodium hydroxide and also in anhydrous methanol. The result clearly showed that dioxygen was evolved quantitatively from hydrogen peroxide by dehydrogenation with peroxybenzoate. He was appointed to the position of research associate in 1964, lecturer in 1972, and associate professor in 1978. During that time, he spent 2 years in the United States as a postdoctoral fellow. At the University of Florida (1969–1970), he worked with Professor W. R. Dolbier, Jr., on “thermal reorganization of isomeric tetramethylbiscyclopropylidenes, in which trimethylenemethanes were invoked as intermediates.” He moved to the Michigan State University (1970–1971) to work with Professor H. Hart

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Published: Jan 1, 2011

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