William S. Knowles
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William S. Knowles was an American chemist and Nobel laureate recognized for pioneering work in asymmetric hydrogenation, a key advance in chiral catalysis and pharmaceutical synthesis.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| William S. Knowles canonical | 2 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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chemist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACS Award for Creative Invention
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ Perkin Medal ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Monsanto Company ⓘ |
| familyName | Knowles ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
asymmetric catalysis
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homogeneous catalysis ⓘ organic chemistry ⓘ organometallic chemistry ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of chiral drugs
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industrial asymmetric synthesis ⓘ |
| knownFor |
asymmetric hydrogenation
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chiral catalysis in pharmaceutical synthesis ⓘ chiral phosphine ligands ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Nobel laureate in Chemistry ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of chiral rhodium–diphosphine catalysts
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industrial-scale asymmetric hydrogenation of amino acid precursors ⓘ |
| occupation | chemist ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesNobelPrizeWith |
K. Barry Sharpless
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Ryoji Noyori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Saint Louis City
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surface form:
St. Louis
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Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
K. Barry Sharpless