Chemist no. 298 of 350 · Organic

K. C. Nicolaou

1946-United States

Total synthesis of taxol and other natural products

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K. C. Nicolaou: Taxol, Cascade Reactions and the Art of Total Synthesis

Nicolaou's total synthesis of Taxol, the endiandric acid electrocyclic cascade and calicheamicin work, explained for IIT-JAM, CSIR-NET and GATE.

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Biography

K. C. Nicolaou (born 1946): A Life Devoted to Building Molecules

Life of K. C. Nicolaou (born 1946): Cypriot-born chemist, Taxol and calicheamicin total synthesis, Scripps and Rice, Wolf Prize 2005.

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Franz SondheimerdoctoralElias James Coreypostdoc
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