Chemist no. 64 of 350 · Organic
John Cornforth
1917-2013Australia/United KingdomNobel Chemistry 1975
Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions
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Stereochemistry of Enzyme Reactions: How John Cornforth Traced Every Hydrogen in Cholesterol Synthesis
How John Cornforth used isotope labelling and chiral methyl groups to reveal the stereochemistry of enzyme reactions in cholesterol biosynthesis. Exam points included.
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Sir John Cornforth: The Chemist Who Triumphed over Deafness
Biography of Sir John Cornforth: Sydney childhood, deafness, Oxford under Robinson, work with Rita Cornforth, cholesterol biosynthesis and Nobel Prize 1975.
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