Gilbert Stork
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Gilbert Stork (December 31, 1921 – October 21, 2017)[2] was an organic chemist. For a quarter of a century he was the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Columbia University.[3] He is known for making significant contributions to the total synthesis of natural products, including a lifelong fascination with the synthesis of quinine. 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.[3]: 111 [4] 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.[5]
Gilbert Stork | |
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Born | (1921-12-31)31 December 1921 |
Died | 21 October 2017(2017-10-21) (aged 95)[1] New York City, U.S. |
Citizenship | Belgium United States |
Alma mater | University of Florida B.S. 1942 University of Wisconsin–Madison PhD 1945 |
Awards | ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1957) William H. Nichols Medal (1980) NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (1982) National Medal of Science (1982) Wolf Prize (1996) The Ryoji Noyori Prize (2003) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Harvard University Columbia University |
Thesis | The synthesis of 3,4-disubstituted piperidines (1945) |
Doctoral advisor | Samuel M. McElvain |
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Stork was also an accomplished mentor of young chemists and many of his students have gone on to make significant contributions in their own right.