Robert Burns Woodward
10 April 1917 – 8 July 1979
Robert Burns Woodward was an American organic chemist widely regarded as one of the greatest of the twentieth century. He was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contributions to the art of organic synthesis, achieving total syntheses of complex natural products.
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Life events
Robert Burns Woodward was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at a young age.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe began his long career as a chemist at Harvard University.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWith William Doering he reported a total synthesis of quinine.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe led the total synthesis of the complex molecule chlorophyll.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received the prize for his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWith Roald Hoffmann he developed rules governing the stereochemistry of pericyclic reactions.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died of a heart attack in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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