Gilbert Stork

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Gilbert Stork was a prominent 20th-century organic chemist renowned for pioneering methods in stereoselective synthesis and significantly advancing the field of synthetic organic chemistry.

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instanceOf chemist
human
organic chemist
university professor
academicAdvisor Louis Fieser
awardReceived Arthur C. Cope Award
James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry
Lavoisier Medal
National Medal of Science
Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry
Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry
Wolf Prize in Chemistry
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth Belgium
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1921-12-31
dateOfDeath 2017-10-21
doctoralStudent Elias J. Corey
Koji Nakanishi NERFINISHED
Samuel J. Danishefsky
Stephen L. Buchwald
educatedAt Harvard University
University of Florida
employer Columbia University
era 20th century
21st century
familyName Stork
fieldOfWork organic chemistry
stereoselective synthesis
synthetic organic chemistry
givenName Gilbert
knownFor Stork enamine reaction
Stork–Danheiser rearrangement
Stork–Eschenmoser hypothesis
advances in synthetic organic chemistry
pioneering methods in stereoselective synthesis
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
name Gilbert Stork self-link
nationality American
notableConcept enamine alkylation
stereoselective total synthesis of natural products
placeOfBirth Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
placeOfDeath New York City
positionHeld professor of chemistry at Columbia University
workInstitution Columbia University

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