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Robert Burns Woodward
Born
(1917-04-10)April 10, 1917
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
July 8, 1979(1979-07-08) (aged 62)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, PhD)
Known for
Landmark organic syntheses
Molecular structure determination
Vitamin B12 total synthesis
Woodward cis-hydroxylation
Woodward modification
Woodward synthesis
Woodward's rules
Woodward–Doering quinine synthesis
Woodward–Hoffmann rules
Prévost–Woodward reaction
Awards
Centenary Prize (1951)
ForMemRS (1956)[1]
William H. Nichols Medal (1956)
Davy Medal (1959)
National Medal of Science (1964)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1965)
Willard Gibbs Award (1967)
Copley Medal (1978)
Scientific career
Fields
Organic chemistry
Institutions
Harvard University
Thesis
A Synthetic Attack on the Oestrone Problem(1937)
Doctoral advisor
James Flack Norris Avery Adrian Morton[2]
Doctoral students
Christopher Foote
Ken Houk
Ronald Breslow
Stuart Schreiber
William R. Roush
David M. Lemal
Robert Burns WoodwardForMemRS HonFRSE (April 10, 1917 – July 8, 1979) was an American organic chemist. He is considered by many to be the preeminent synthetic organic chemist of the twentieth century,[3] having made many key contributions to the subject, especially in the synthesis of complex natural products and the determination of their molecular structure. He worked closely with Roald Hoffmann on theoretical studies of chemical reactions. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965.
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