Elias James Corey
Elias James Corey 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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Background
- Born in
- Methuen
- Educated at
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Awards
- 🏆 Nobel Prize in Chemistry🏆 National Medal of Science🏆 Priestley Medal🏆 Willard Gibbs Award🏆 NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 John C. Sheehan
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Dale L. Boger📖 William L. Jorgensen📖 Andrew G. Myers
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1928
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