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Kenichi Fukui was a Japanese scientist born on October 4, 1918. He is best known for his work in theoretical chemistry and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981 for his contributions to the development of the frontier molecular orbital theory. Fukui's research has had a significant impact on the field of chemistry, and he is remembered for his dedication to scientific inquiry and education. He passed away on January 9, 1998, leaving a lasting legacy in the scientific community.
"The frontier orbital approach was further developed in various directions by my own group and many other scientists, both theoretical and experimental."
"We think that it is the best scientists working in the frontier fields of science who are best able to judge what is good and what is bad - if any - in the application of their scientific research."
"This simple idea served to provide information on the geometrical shape of reacting molecules, and I was able to make the role of the frontier orbitals in chemical reactions more distinct through visualization, by drawing their diagrams."
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