Gilbert Stork

Gilbert Stork (December 31, 1921 – October 21, 2017) was an American organic chemist. He was born in Brussels, Belgium. He was the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Columbia University.^[1] The Stork enamine alkylation is named in his honor.^[1]^{:&hairsp;Script error: The function "hyphen2dash" does not exist.&hairsp;}^[2]

He was responsible for the first planned stereo-controlled synthesis as well as the first natural product to be synthesized with high stereo-selectivity.^[3]

Stork was a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1962 and Foreign Member of the French Academy of Sciences.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hargittai, István. More conversations with famous chemists (2003). London: Imperial College Press. p. 109–119. ISBN 978-1-86094-336-2. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
↑ Stork, Gilbert. A New Synthesis of 2-Alkyl and 2-Acyl Ketones. Journal of the American Chemical Society 76 (7) (April 1954). p. 2029–2030. doi:10.1021/ja01636a103. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
↑ Seeman, Jeffrey I.. Gilbert Stork: In His Own Words and in the Musings of His Friends (in en). Angewandte Chemie International Edition 51 (12) (2012-03-19). p. 3012–3023. doi:10.1002/anie.201200033.

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[Hargittai-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hargittai, István. More conversations with famous chemists (2003). London: Imperial College Press. p. 109–119. ISBN 978-1-86094-336-2. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

[Terrell-2] Stork, Gilbert. A New Synthesis of 2-Alkyl and 2-Acyl Ketones. Journal of the American Chemical Society 76 (7) (April 1954). p. 2029–2030. doi:10.1021/ja01636a103. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

[:0-3] Seeman, Jeffrey I.. Gilbert Stork: In His Own Words and in the Musings of His Friends (in en). Angewandte Chemie International Edition 51 (12) (2012-03-19). p. 3012–3023. doi:10.1002/anie.201200033.

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