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Robert Burns Woodward

Organic chemist

Died when: 62 years 89 days (746 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

Robert Burns Woodward

Robert Burns Woodward ForMemRS HonFRSE (April 10, 1917 – July 8, 1979) was an American organic chemist.He is considered by many to be the most preeminent synthetic organic chemist of the twentieth century, having made many key contributions to the subject, especially in the synthesis of complex natural products and the determination of their molecular structure.

He also worked closely with Roald Hoffmann on theoretical studies of chemical reactions.He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965.


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