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- The concept of "retrosynthetic analysis", which changed the way organic chemists undertake the synthesis of complex natural products, the synthesis of longifolene, maytansine, the ginkolides, prostaglandins and leukotrienes, the development of new synthetic methods, particularly using chiral catalysts, and the application of computers to synthesis design are among his most notable achievements.
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Elias James Corey (born July 12, 1928) is an American organic chemist. In 1990, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis", specifically retrosynthetic analysis.
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1990 was awarded to Elias James Corey "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis"
Elias J. Corey was awarded the National Medal of Science for his strikingly original contributions to organic synthesis, which have brought the science of organic chemistry to a new level of power and precision.
Through his contributions many of these are now available to medicine. A number of other chemicals with complicated structures has been synthesized during the last three decades and this year’s Nobel Laureate, Elias J. Corey, has played a key role also in these developments.
Elias James Corey. Professor Corey (to colleagues and friends, E.J.) is known for his many spectacular contributions to synthetic organic chemistry.
Elias James Corey The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1990 . Born: 12 July 1928, Methuen, MA, USA . Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA . Prize motivation: “for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis” Prize share: 1/1
Elias James Corey, a Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive.
