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Robert B. Woodward: Organic Synthesizer par excellence---On the 25th Anniversary of His Death (2004)

Kauffman, George B. (Author)

The Chemical Educator
Volume: 9, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 172-176

DOI: 10.1333/s00897040786a

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Chemistry Nobel Prizes Memorials; commemorations Biographies Organic chemistry 20th century United States Woodward, Robert Burns

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the death of Robert Burns Wooodward (1917--1979), who received the 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis, this article reviews Woodward's life and career and discusses his most important contributions.

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