Sir John Cornforth Ac Cbe Frs: His Synthetic Work. (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Purchase, Rupert; Hanson, James R.
• Is Part Of: Science progress. Volume 98:Number 3(2015)
• Page Start: 219
• Page End: 229
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: cholesterol -- penicillamine -- oxazoles -- the Cornforth rearrangement -- alkene synthesis -- abscisic acid -- dibenzophospholes -- mimics of enzyme action; Science -- Periodicals; Research; Science; Science; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 505
• DOI: 10.3184/003685015X14364588807198
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0036-8504

Abstract

Sir John Cornforth's work on the synthesis of cholesterol and penicillamine, on the chemistry of oxazoles, the stereochemistry of the synthesis of alkenes, the synthesis of abscisic acid and of dibenzophospholes as mimics of enzyme action, is reviewed.