Eminent organic chemist, known for the Mukaiyama aldol addition, passed away
Tributes and remembrances honoring the lives and contributions of esteemed scientists.
Teruaki Mukaiyama (1927 – 2018)
Osamu Shimomura (1928–2018)
Nobel Laureate, famous for his work on the green fluorescent protein, passed away
Wilhelm Keim (1934 – 2018)
Technical chemist and co-developer of the Shell higher olefin process (SHOP) passed away
Jan Thesing (1929 – 2018)
Former president of the GDCh (German Chemical Society) and Vice Chairman of the Board of Merck passed away
Christoph Rüchardt (1929 – 2018)
Organic chemist and Emeritus at the University of Freiburg, Germany, passed away
Gerd Kaibel (1944 – 2017)
German process engineer passed away in December
Kenneth R. Seddon (1950 – 2018)
Ionic liquid pioneer Kenneth R. Seddon, Queen's University Belfast, UK, passed away
István E. Markó (1956 – 2017)
Organic chemist at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, passed away in July
Ronald C. D. Breslow (1931 – 2017)
Professor of Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, passed away
Gilbert Stork (1921 – 2017)
The name patron of the Stork enamine alkylation passed away