American #chemist who is best known for his syntheses of complex #organic substances, including #…
American #chemist who is best known for his syntheses of complex #organic substances, including #Quinine, the well-known #antimalarial (1944), the #steroids #cholesterol and #cortisone (1951), and #VitaminB12 (1971).
He also synthesized #lanosterol, the famous poison strychnine and #reserpine. Several other examples from the chemistry of the #alkaloids are lysergic acid, #ergonovine, ellipticine, #colhicine.
In the field of #antibiotics Woodward established the structure of #aureomycin and #terramycin.
He has also synthesized #chlorophyll, the green plant pigment.
He established the structure of many compounds, for instance the peculiar #fishpoison #tetrodotoxin, causing numerous fatalities in Japan.
He was awarded the #NobelPrize for #Chemistry in 1965.
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