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Albert Eschenmoser

Albert Eschenmoser

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Chemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
19795
World Ranking
4267
National Ranking
99

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2008 - Paul Karrer Gold Medal, University of Zurich
  • 2004 - F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2004 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Nakanishi Prize, Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society.
  • 1988 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1986 - Wolf Prize in Chemistry, Wolf Foundation for outstanding research on the synthesis, stereochemistry and reaction mechanisms for formation of natural products, especially Vitamin-B12.
  • 1986 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1984 - Arthur C. Cope Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1981 - Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Elsevier
  • 1978 - Davy Medal, Royal Society of London (UK) In recognition of his distinguished contributions to modern synthetic organic chemistry, well illustrated by his impressive total synthesis of vitamin B12
  • 1976 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Chemistry
  • 1974 - Welch Award in Chemistry, Robert A. Welch Foundation
  • 1973 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1969 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1966 - Ernest Guenther Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1966 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Albert Eschenmoser is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research contributions have earned recognition across multiple prestigious scientific societies and award organizations over several decades.

Eschenmoser's honors reflect a longstanding engagement with organic chemistry, particularly the synthesis and stereochemistry of natural products. Some notable awards include the Wolf Prize in Chemistry from the Wolf Foundation in 1986 for work on synthesis and reaction mechanisms related to Vitamin B12. Earlier, in 1978, they received the Davy Medal from the Royal Society of London for distinguished contributions illustrated by the total synthesis of Vitamin B12.

Their recognition spans international bodies and academies. They became a member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2004 and Academia Europaea since 1988. Eschenmoser was also inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 1973 and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1966 and the Royal Society of the United Kingdom since 1986. Awards from the American Chemical Society include the Arthur C. Cope Award in 1984, the Ernest Guenther Award in 1966, and the F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research in 2004.

Additional distinctions include the Benjamin Franklin Medal awarded by the Franklin Institute in 2008 and the Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry in 1981. The Nakanishi Prize, shared by the Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society, was bestowed in 1998. National honors such as membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1976 and the Welch Award in Chemistry in 1974 further detail the scientist's professional milestones.

Eschenmoser's work primarily encompasses areas within synthetic organic chemistry, with a focus on reaction mechanisms and stereochemistry related to natural products like vitamins.

Best Publications

  • Chemical Etiology of Nucleic Acid Structure

    Albert Eschenmoser

  • Zur Kenntnis der Triterpene. 190. Mitteilung. Eine stereochemische Interpretation der biogenetischen Isoprenregel bei den Triterpenen

    A. Eschenmoser;L. Ruzicka;O. Jeger;D. Arigoni

  • Chemical Etiology of Nucleic Acid Structure: The α-Threofuranosyl-(3'→2') Oligonucleotide System

    K.-U. Schöning;P. Scholz;S. Guntha;X. Wu

  • Evidence for antibody-catalyzed ozone formation in bacterial killing and inflammation.

    Paul Wentworth;Jonathan E. McDunn;Anita D. Wentworth;Cindy Takeuchi

  • Vitamin B12: Experiments Concerning the Origin of Its Molecular Structure

    Albert Eschenmoser

  • Sulfidkontraktion via alkylative Kupplung: Eine methode zur darstellung von β‐dicarbonylderivaten. Über synthetische methoden, 1. Mitteilung

    M. Roth;P. Dubs;E. Götschi;A. Eschenmoser

  • Evidence for Ozone Formation in Human Atherosclerotic Arteries

    Paul Wentworth;Jorge Nieva;Cindy Takeuchi;Roger Galve

  • Antibody catalysis of the oxidation of water

    Paul Wentworth;Lyn H. Jones;Anita D. Wentworth;Xueyong Zhu

  • The search for the chemistry of life's origin

    Albert Eschenmoser

  • Natural product synthesis and vitamin B12

    Albert Eschenmoser;Claude E. Wintner

  • Chemistry of potentially prebiological natural products

    Albert Eschenmoser;Eli Loewenthal

  • CLAISEN'sche Umlagerungen bei Allyl‐ und Benzylalkoholen mit Hilfe von Acetalen des N, N‐Dimethylacetamids. Vorläufige Mitteilung

    A. E. Wick;Dorothee Felix;Katharina Steen;A. Eschenmoser

  • Dimethyl(methylene)ammonium Iodide

    Jakob Schreiber;Hans Maag;Naoto Hashimoto;Albert Eschenmoser

  • Zur Kenntnis des Faktors F430 aus methanogenen Bakterien: Struktur des porphinoiden Ligandsystems

    Andreas Pfaltz;Bernhard Jaun;Alexander Fassler;Albert Eschenmoser

  • Are Oxazolidinones Really Unproductive, Parasitic Species in Proline Catalysis? – Thoughts and Experiments Pointing to an Alternative View

    Dieter Seebach;Albert K. Beck;D. Michael Badine;Michael Limbach

  • Activation volumes for solid-solid transformations in nanocrystals.

    Keren Jacobs;David Zaziski;Erik C. Scher;Amy B. Herhold

  • Pyranosyl-RNA: chiroselective self-assembly of base sequences by ligative oligomerization of tetra nucleotide-2′,3′-cyclophosphates (with a commentary concerning the origin of biomolecular homochirality)

    Martin Bolli;Martin Bolli;Ronald Micura;Albert Eschenmoser;Albert Eschenmoser

  • Chemie von a-Aminonitrilen. Aldomerisierung von Glycolaldehyd-phosphat zu racemischen Hexose-2,4,6-triphosphaten und (in Gegenwart von Formaldehyd) racemischen Pentose-2,4-diphosphaten: rac-Allose-2,4,6-triphosphat und rac-Ribose-2,4-diphosphat sind die Reaktionshauptprodukte†

    Daniel Müller;Stefan Pitsch;Atsushi Kittaka;Ernst Wagner

  • Metabolite-initiated protein misfolding may trigger Alzheimer's disease

    Qinghai Zhang;Evan T. Powers;Jorge Nieva;Mary E. Huff

  • Eine neuartige Fragmentierung cyclischer α, ß-ungesättigter Carbonylsysteme; Synthese von Exalton und rac-Muscon aus Cyclododecanon Vorläufige Mitteilung

    A. Eschenmoser;Dorothee Felix;G. Ohloff

  • Vitamin B12: Experimente zur Frage nach dem Ursprung seiner molekularen Struktur

    Albert Eschenmoser

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Pfaltz
Andreas Pfaltz University of Basel
Jack D. Dunitz
Jack D. Dunitz ETH Zurich
Ronald Micura
Ronald Micura University of Innsbruck
Bernhard Kräutler
Bernhard Kräutler University of Innsbruck
Richard A. Lerner
Richard A. Lerner Scripps Research Institute
Rudolf K. Thauer
Rudolf K. Thauer Max Planck Society
Christian W. Lehmann
Christian W. Lehmann Max Planck Society
Kim D. Janda
Kim D. Janda Scripps Research Institute
Ernst Wagner
Ernst Wagner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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