Fraser Stoddart
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Fraser Stoddart is a Scottish-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the design and synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecular architectures such as rotaxanes and catenanes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fraser Stoddart canonical | 2 |
| Sir J. Fraser Stoddart | 1 |
| Sir James Fraser Stoddart | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1128408 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fraser Stoddart Context triple: [Davy Medal, notableRecipient, Fraser Stoddart]
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A.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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B.
Frances Arnold
Frances Arnold is an American chemical engineer and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the directed evolution of enzymes, revolutionizing fields from green chemistry to biotechnology.
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C.
Richard R. Schrock
Richard R. Schrock is an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on olefin metathesis and organometallic chemistry.
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D.
K. Barry Sharpless
K. Barry Sharpless is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric synthesis and for co-founding the field of click chemistry, achievements that earned him multiple Nobel Prizes in Chemistry.
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E.
Ben Feringa
Ben Feringa is a Dutch chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on molecular machines and asymmetric catalysis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fraser Stoddart Target entity description: Fraser Stoddart is a Scottish-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the design and synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecular architectures such as rotaxanes and catenanes.
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A.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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B.
Frances Arnold
Frances Arnold is an American chemical engineer and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the directed evolution of enzymes, revolutionizing fields from green chemistry to biotechnology.
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C.
Richard R. Schrock
Richard R. Schrock is an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on olefin metathesis and organometallic chemistry.
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D.
K. Barry Sharpless
K. Barry Sharpless is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric synthesis and for co-founding the field of click chemistry, achievements that earned him multiple Nobel Prizes in Chemistry.
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E.
Ben Feringa
Ben Feringa is a Dutch chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on molecular machines and asymmetric catalysis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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Scottish person ⓘ chemist ⓘ human ⓘ organic chemist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
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surface form:
Fellowship of the Royal Society
Knight Bachelor ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Royal Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1942-05-24 ⓘ |
| degree |
BSc in Chemistry
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PhD in Chemistry ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Sir Edmund Hirst ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTopic | natural product chemistry ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| employer |
Imperial Chemical Industries
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Northwestern University ⓘ University of Birmingham ⓘ University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ University of Sheffield ⓘ |
| familyName | Stoddart ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
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host–guest chemistry ⓘ mechanically interlocked molecules ⓘ nanotechnology ⓘ supramolecular chemistry ⓘ |
| fullName |
Fraser Stoddart
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sir James Fraser Stoddart
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| givenName |
Fraser
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James ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| knownFor |
design and synthesis of catenanes
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design and synthesis of rotaxanes ⓘ mechanically interlocked molecular architectures ⓘ molecular machines ⓘ template-directed synthesis ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.category | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.sharedWith |
Ben Feringa
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surface form:
Bernard L. Feringa
Jean-Pierre Sauvage ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.year | 2016 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
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Director of the Center for the Chemistry of Integrated Systems at Northwestern University ⓘ |
| researchContribution |
construction of molecular shuttles
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development of bistable rotaxane-based molecular switches ⓘ development of molecular elevators ⓘ development of molecular muscles ⓘ |
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Subject: Fraser Stoddart Description of subject: Fraser Stoddart is a Scottish-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the design and synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecular architectures such as rotaxanes and catenanes.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sir J. Fraser Stoddart
this entity surface form:
Sir James Fraser Stoddart