Robert B. Woodward
Affiliations: | Chemistry | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States |
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synthetic organic chemistryWebsite:
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"Robert Woodward"Bio:
(1917 - 1979)
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1965 was awarded to Robert B. Woodward "for his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis".
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Parents
Sign in to add mentorRobert Casad Hockett | research assistant | 1936 | MIT | |
(see acknowledgement in Woodward's B.S. thesis) | ||||
Leicester F. Hamilton | research assistant | 1937 | MIT | |
(see acknowledgement in Woodward's Ph.D. thesis) | ||||
Avery Adrian Morton | grad student | 1937 | MIT | |
James Flack Norris | grad student | 1937 | MIT | |
(A Synthetic Attack on the Oestrone Problem) | ||||
Elmer P. Kohler | post-doc | 1937-1938 | Harvard |
Children
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Sign in to add collaboratorRoald Hoffmann | collaborator | Harvard | |
Phanindra Chandra Dutta | collaborator | 1965-1966 | Harvard |
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VORBRUEGGEN H, WOODWARD RB. (2010) ChemInform Abstract: The Conversion of β-Amino Esters by Alkylaluminum Compounds into . beta.-Lactams. Cheminform. 24: no-no |
WOODWARD RB, AYER WA, BEATON JM, et al. (2010) ChemInform Abstract: The Total Synthesis of Chlorophyll a Cheminform. 22: no-no |
Vorbrüggen H, Woodward RB. (1993) The conversion of β-amino esters by alkylaluminum compounds into β-lactams Tetrahedron. 49: 1625-1634 |
Woodward RB, Ayer WA, Beaton JM, et al. (1990) The total synthesis of chlorophyll a Tetrahedron. 46: 7599-7659 |
Confalone PN, Woodward RB. (1983) A novel synthesis of peptides based on the photochemistry of 5-azido-1,3,4-oxadiazoles Journal of the American Chemical Society. 105: 902-906 |
Bauer VJ, Clive DLJ, Dolphin D, et al. (1983) Sapphyrins: Novel aromatic pentapyrrolic macrocycles Journal of the American Chemical Society. 105: 6429-6436 |
Wenkert D, Woodward RB. (1983) Studies of 2,2′-bipyridyl N,N′-dioxides Journal of Organic Chemistry. 48: 283-289 |
Lindner DL, Doherty JB, Shoham G, et al. (1982) Intramolecular ene reaction of glyoxylate esters: an anisatin model study Tetrahedron Letters. 23: 5111-5114 |
Bertz SH, Rihs G, Woodward RB. (1982) Reaction of dimethyl sodio-3-ketoglutarate with glyoxal and substituted glyoxals. First expeditious preparation of bicyclo[3.3.0]octane-3,7-dione; synthesis and crystal structure of 5,7-dihydroxy-4-methoxycarbonyl-3-phenyl-1-indanone Tetrahedron. 38: 63-70 |
Woodward RB, Logusch E, Nambiar KP, et al. (1981) Asymmetric total synthesis of erythromycin. 3. Total synthesis of erythromycin Journal of the American Chemical Society. 103: 3215-3217 |