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Robert Burns Woodward

Robert Burns Woodward

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Chemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
29110
World Ranking
5148
National Ranking
113

Overview

Robert Burns Woodward was affiliated with Novartis (Switzerland) in Switzerland during their career.

The scientist was deceased.

Best Publications

  • The Conservation of Orbital Symmetry

    R. B. Woodward;Roald Hoffmann

  • Stereochemistry of Electrocyclic Reactions

    R. B. Woodward;Roald Hoffmann

  • Die Erhaltung der Orbitalsymmetrie

    R. B. Woodward;R. Hoffmann

  • THE STRUCTURE OF IRON BIS-CYCLOPENTADIENYL

    Geoffrey Wilkinson;M. Rosenblum;M. C. Whiting;R. B. Woodward

  • Selection Rules for Concerted Cycloaddition Reactions

    Roald Hoffmann;R. B. Woodward

  • Structure and the Optical Rotatory Dispersion of Saturated Ketones

    William Moffitt;R. B. Woodward;A. Moscowitz;W. Klyne

  • Conservation of Orbital Symmetry

    Roald Hoffmann;Robert B. Woodward

  • Conjugated One and Two Dimensional Polymers

    Myung-hwan Whangbo;Roald Hoffmann;Robert Burns Woodward

  • Selection Rules for Sigmatropic Reactions

    R. B. Woodward;Roald Hoffmann

  • The Total Synthesis of Cephalosporin C1

    R. B. Woodward;K. Heusler;J. Gosteli;P. Naegeli

  • The total synthesis of strychnine

    R.B. Woodward;M.P. Cava;W.D. Ollis;A. Hunger

  • The total synthesis of reserpine

    R.B. Woodward;F.E. Bader;H. Bickel;A.J. Frey

  • Orbital Symmetries and endo-exo Relationships in Concerted Cycloaddition Reactions

    Roald Hoffmann;R. B. Woodward

  • A NEW AROMATIC SYSTEM

    R. B. Woodward;M. Rosenblum;M. C. Whiting

  • Structure and the Absorption Spectra of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones

    Robert Burns Woodward

  • The Structure and Chemistry of Ferrocene. III. Evidence Pertaining to the Ring Rotational Barrier

    Myron Rosenblum;R. B. Woodward

  • Sapphyrins: novel aromatic pentapyrrolic macrocycles

    Victor J. Bauer;Derrick L. J. Clive;David Dolphin;John B. Paine

  • The Total Synthesis of Quinine

    R. B. Woodward;W. E. Doering

  • Totalsynthese des Chlorophylls

    R. B. Woodward

  • THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF CHLOROPHYLL

    R. B. Woodward;W. A. Ayer;J. M. Beaton;F. Bickelhaupt

Frequent Co-Authors

Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann Cornell University
Raymond Bonnett
Raymond Bonnett Queen Mary University of London
Carl Djerassi
Carl Djerassi Stanford University
David Dolphin
David Dolphin University of British Columbia
Gerhard L. Closs
Gerhard L. Closs University of Chicago
Paul D. Bartlett
Paul D. Bartlett Harvard University
Thomas J. Katz
Thomas J. Katz Columbia University
Myung-Hwan Whangbo
Myung-Hwan Whangbo North Carolina State University
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Geoffrey Wilkinson Imperial College London

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