Robert Burns Woodward

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Robert Burns Woodward was a pioneering American organic chemist renowned for his masterful syntheses of complex natural products and for receiving the 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry
chemist
human
organic chemist
academicDiscipline chemistry
organic chemistry
awardReceived Copley Medal
Davy Medal
Lavoisier Medal
National Medal of Science
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists)
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Priestley Medal
Roger Adams Award
Willard Gibbs Medal
surface form: Willard Gibbs Award
coAuthor Roald Hoffmann
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1917-04-10
dateOfDeath 1979-07-08
doctoralAdvisor James Flack Norris
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology
employer Harvard University
familyName Woodward
fieldOfWork natural product synthesis
organic chemistry
theoretical organic chemistry
givenName Robert
knownFor Woodward–Hoffmann rules
surface form: Woodward–Hoffmann rules for pericyclic reactions

development of modern organic synthesis strategies
pioneering total synthesis of complex natural products
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
middleName Burns
nationality American
NobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
NobelPrizeYear 1965
notableStudent Elias J. Corey
surface form: Elias James Corey

Roald Hoffmann
notableWork Woodward–Hoffmann rules
total synthesis of chlorophyll
total synthesis of cholesterol
total synthesis of cortisone
total synthesis of quinine
total synthesis of reserpine
total synthesis of strychnine
total synthesis of vitamin B12
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Cambridge, Massachusetts
surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University
sexOrGender male
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts
surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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ACS Award in Organic Chemistry hasRecipient Robert Burns Woodward
Woodward hasNotableBearer Robert Burns Woodward
Roald Hoffmann influencedBy Robert Burns Woodward
Roald Hoffmann collaboratedWith Robert Burns Woodward
Stuart L. Schreiber doctoralAdvisor Robert Burns Woodward
Stuart L. Schreiber influencedBy Robert Burns Woodward
Albert Eschenmoser collaboratedWith Robert Burns Woodward
Ronald Breslow doctoralAdvisor Robert Burns Woodward
R. B. Woodward fullName Robert Burns Woodward
Roger Adams Award firstRecipient Robert Burns Woodward
Woodward–Hoffmann rules developedBy Robert Burns Woodward