Elias James Corey
Elias James "E.J." Corey (born July 12, 1928) is an American chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of organic synthesis.
Corey was born in Mathuen, Massachusetts.[1] His parents were Lebanese immigrants. He studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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PCC machanism of alcohols
reactivity of PCC under acidic conditions
[3,3] rearrangement with PCC
Primary TIPS deprotection5
- MEM Zn deprotection6.png
cleavage of MEM group with zinc
- Dithiane formation7.png
Formation of dithianes with lewis acid
- 1,2-dithiane addition8.png
dithiane addition
- CBS formation9.png
CBS catalyst synthesis through proline
detailed CBS mechanism
References
- ↑ Corey, E.J. (1990). Nobel Prize Autobiography. Nobelprize.org: The Official Site of the Nobel Prize. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1990/corey.html. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
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