Yoshio Okamoto
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Yoshio Okamoto (岡本佳男, born 10 January 1941) is a Japanese chemist, who was awarded the 2019 Japan Prize for his groundbreaking work in asymmetric polymerization and its practical applications in drug discovery.[1]
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Yoshio Okamoto | |
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Born | (1941-01-10) 10 January 1941 (age 83) |
Citizenship | Japanese |
Known for | asymmetric polymerization |
Awards | Japan Prize 2019 |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Nagoya University, Harbin Engineering University |
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Okamoto was the first to prove that synthetic polymer conformations could be controllable, publishing work on asymmetric polymerization from 1979 onwards.[2][3]
This led to the development by Okamoto and others of helical polymers for use in high performance liquid chromatography columns (HPLC), enabling easy separation of chiral drug molecules.[4]