Sarah E. Reisman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, and Corey R. J. Stephenson, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, awarded
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Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry 2012
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Angewandte Author Profiles November 2012
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50 Years of Organikum – Amazing Impact of a Practical Course Book
With over 400,000 copies, the book has strongly affected the basic university education in organic chemistry
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Nicholas Turro (1938 – 2012)
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A Humdinger of a Staudinger
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Dual Recognition Processes of Diazaperopyrenium
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