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Robert Burns Woodward

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Birth dateApril 10, 1917
Birth placeBoston, Massachusetts
Death dateJuly 8, 1979(age 62)
Death placeCambridge, Massachusetts
ResidenceUnited States
CitizenshipUnited States
FieldsOrganic chemistry
InstitutionsHarvard University
Alma materMIT
Doctoral studentsHarry Wasserman, Ronald Breslow, Ken Houk
Known forSeveral landmark organic syntheses, solution of several important structural puzzles, Woodward-Hoffmann rules
Notable awardsNational Medal of Science (1964)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1965)
Copley Medal (1978)

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Robert Burns Woodward (April 10, 1917 - July 8, 1979) was an American organic chemist, considered by many to be the preeminent organic chemist of the twentieth century. He made many key contributions to modern organic chemistry, especially in the synthesis and structure determination of complex natural products, and 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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Berkley man electrocuted in his backyard - Detroit Free Press Tweet this news
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Little League gets back on track after rain delayed tourney - Bradenton Herald Tweet this news
Bradenton Herald--Jonathan -Burns- had two hits for Manatee West while Max Moneuse and Wes -Woodward- had key hits in the decisive inning. Adonis Bonilla had two hits for North ... - Date : Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:11:05 GMT+00:00
State seeks three executions - DeSoto Appeal Tweet this news
DeSoto Appeal--The inmates the state is seeking to execute in May are Joseph Daniel -Burns-, Gerald James Holland and Paul -Woodward-. The latter two were in their 40s and 30s ... - Date : Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:04:23 GMT+00:00
Gov't says it's prepared for worst in oil spill - Forbes Tweet this news
Forbes--WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration pledged an all-out response Thursday to the massive oil spill now ... - Date : Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:47:29 GMT+00:00

Nobel Laureates in Chemistry

Edwin McMillan / Glenn T. Seaborg (1951) * Archer Martin / Richard Synge (1952) * Hermann Staudinger (1953) * Linus Pauling (1954) * Vincent du Vigneaud (1955) * Cyril Hinshelwood / Nikolay Semyonov (1956) * Alexander Todd (1957) * Frederick Sanger (1958) * Jaroslav Heyrovský (1959) * Willard Libby (1960) * Melvin Calvin (1961) * Max Perutz / John Kendrew (1962) * Karl Ziegler / Giulio Natta (1963) * Dorothy Hodgkin (1964) * Robert Woodward (1965) * Robert S. Mulliken (1966) * Manfred Eigen / Ronald Norrish / George Porter (1967) * Lars Onsager (1968) * Derek Barton / Odd Hassel (1969) * Luis Federico Leloir (1970) * Gerhard Herzberg (1971) * Christian B. Anfinsen / Stanford Moore / William Stein (1972) * E.O.Fischer / Geoffrey Wilkinson (1973) * Paul Flory (1974) * John Cornforth / Vladimir Prelog (1975)



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