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Gilbert Stork

1921 - 2017

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Gilbert Stork (December 31, 1921 – October 21, 2017) was a Belgian-American organic chemist. For a quarter of a century he was the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Columbia University. He is known for making significant contributions to the total synthesis of natural products, including a lifelong fascination with the synthesis of quinine. In so doing he also made a number of contributions to mechanistic understanding of reactions, and performed pioneering work on enamine chemistry, leading to development of the Stork enamine alkylation.: 111  It is believed he was responsible for the first planned stereocontrolled synthesis as well as the first natural product to be synthesised with high stereoselectivity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gilbert Stork is the 576th most popular chemist, the 795th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 812th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Chemist.

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Among chemists, Gilbert Stork ranks 576 out of 602. Before him are Carol V. Robinson, Sergey Lebedev, Faiza Al-Kharafi, Martin Kamen, Jiří Drahoš, and Ira Remsen. After him are Benjamin Silliman, Rachel Fuller Brown, John George Children, Susan Solomon, Mary Engle Pennington, and Martyn Poliakoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Gilbert Stork ranks 422. Before him are Karel Husa, Ron Greenwood, Ian Raby, Nelson Riddle, Günther Bechem, and Phạm Duy. After him are Muriel Pavlow, Víctor Balaguer, Sheb Wooley, Kathleen Byron, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, and Joe Fulks. Among people deceased in 2017, Gilbert Stork ranks 542. Before him are Marc Baecke, Jerry Pournelle, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Spartaco Landini, Ninian Stephen, and Jim Nabors. After him are Ty Hardin, Viktor Kupreichik, Lorne Loomer, Desmond Connell, Giorgio Capitani, and Kirti Nidhi Bista.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Gilbert Stork ranks 795 out of 1,190. Before him are Anne-Marie Lizin (1949), Etienne De Wilde (1958), Jean Delarge (1906), Marc Baecke (1956), Olivier Gourmet (1963), and Pierre Rapsat (1948). After him are Frank Hoste (1955), Désiré Beaurain (1881), Alain de Changy (1922), Eddy Planckaert (1958), Michel De Wolf (1958), and Philippe Adams (1969).

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Among CHEMISTS In Belgium

Among chemists born in Belgium, Gilbert Stork ranks 7. Before him are Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), Yves Chauvin (1930), Ernest Solvay (1838), Leo Baekeland (1863), George Sarton (1884), and Jean Stas (1813).

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