Gilbert Stork
Belgian American chemist (1921-2017) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 95
Gilbert Stork was a Belgian-American organic chemist. For a quarter of a century he was the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Columbia University. He is known for making significant contributions to the total synthesis of natural products, including a lifelong fascination with the synthesis of quinine.
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In so doing he also made a number of contributions to mechanistic understanding of reactions, and performed pioneering work on enamine chemistry, leading to development of the Stork enamine alkylation. It is believed he was responsible for the first planned stereocontrolled synthesis as well as the first natural product to be synthesised with high stereoselectivity.
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Richard ZareBoth received Welch Award in Chemistry
Jack BaldwinBoth received Robert Robinson AwardEric JacobsenBoth received Arthur C. Cope Award
Rolf HuisgenBoth received Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry
Yoshito KishiBoth received ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry,
Chad MirkinBoth received Linus Pauling Award