Elias J. Corey

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry chemist human organic chemist

Elias J. Corey is a Nobel Prize–winning American chemist renowned for pioneering the field of retrosynthetic analysis and revolutionizing modern organic synthesis.

Aliases (1)

Elias James Corey ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Chemistry → chemist → human → organic chemist →
academicDegree	PhD in chemistry →
awardReceived	Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry → Japan Prize → Lemelson–MIT Prize → National Medal of Science → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Priestley Medal → Roger Adams Award →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1928-07-12 →
doctoralAdvisor	John C. Sheehan →
doctoralStudent	Amos B. Smith III → Andrew G. Myers → Barry M. Trost → David A. Evans → Erick M. Carreira → K. C. Nicolaou → Larry E. Overman → Stuart L. Schreiber →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	Harvard University → University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
familyName	Corey →
fieldOfWork	organic chemistry → retrosynthetic analysis → synthetic methodology →
givenName	Elias →
hasOccupation	university professor →
knownFor	development of synthetic methods → modern organic synthesis → retrosynthetic analysis →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
notableAchievement	formalization of retrosynthetic analysis for complex molecule synthesis → total synthesis of numerous natural products →
notableWork	The Logic of Chemical Synthesis → computer-assisted organic synthesis → retrosynthetic analysis formalism →
placeOfBirth	Methuen, Massachusetts, United States →
positionHeld	Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ACS Award in Organic Chemistry → Priestley Medal →	hasRecipient
Andrew G. Myers →	hasAcademicAdvisor
Andrew G. Myers →	hasDoctoralAdvisor
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry →	notableRecipient
Robert Burns Woodward ("Elias James Corey") →	notableStudent