Robert Burns Woodward

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According to Wikipedia, Robert Burns Woodward was an American organic chemist. He is considered by many to be the preeminent synthetic organic chemist of the twentieth century, having made many key contributions to the subject, especially in the synthesis of complex natural products and the determination of their molecular structure. He also worked closely with Roald Hoffmann on theoretical studies of chemical reactions. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965.

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Conservation of orbital symmetry (1968) (2450)
Die Erhaltung der Orbitalsymmetrie (1969) (893)
THE STRUCTURE OF IRON BIS-CYCLOPENTADIENYL (1952) (690)
Structure and the Optical Rotatory Dispersion of Saturated Ketones (1961) (487)
Photosensitive protecting groups (1970) (328)
The Total Synthesis of Steroids1 (1952) (307)
The total synthesis of strychnine. (1954) (292)
The total synthesis of chlorophyll (1960) (288)
The Total Synthesis of Cephalosporin C1 (1966) (281)
Conjugated one and two dimensional polymers (1979) (270)
The total synthesis of vitamin B12 (1973) (250)
A NEW AROMATIC SYSTEM (1952) (238)
The Structure and Chemistry of Ferrocene. III. Evidence Pertaining to the Ring Rotational Barrier (1958) (228)
Structure and the Absorption Spectra of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones (1941) (213)
Sapphyrins: novel aromatic pentapyrrolic macrocycles (1983) (200)
The structure of tetrodotoxin (1964) (198)
The Total Synthesis of Quinine (1945) (195)
Acidity Constants of the Tetracycline Antibiotics (1956) (189)
4 – The Conservation of Orbital Symmetry (1971) (188)
Totalsynthese des Chlorophylls (1960) (168)
7-NORBORNENYL AND 7-NORBORNYL CATIONS (1955) (156)
THE CYCLIZATION OF SQUALENE IN CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS (1953) (155)
cis-Hydroxylation of a Synthetic Steroid Intermediate with Iodine, Silver Acetate and Wet Acetic Acid (1958) (154)
A NEW SYNTHESIS OF PEPTIDES (1961) (153)
Structure and Absorption Spectra. III. Normal Conjugated Dienes (1942) (152)
The Total Synthesis of Lysergic Acid (1956) (141)
Struktur und Biogenese der Makrolide (1957) (135)
Neuere Entwicklungen in der Chemie der Naturstoffe (1956) (134)
The penems, a new class of .beta.-lactam antibiotics: 6-acylaminopenem-3-carboxylic acids (1978) (128)
The Structure of Terramycin1,2 (1953) (126)
The Reaction of Furan with Maleic Anhydride1 (1948) (113)
The Structure of Aureomycin1 (1954) (102)
THE STRUCTURE OF GLIOTOXIN (1958) (98)
THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF QUININE1 (1944) (96)
A NEW ASPECT OF THE CHEMISTRY OF CHLORINS (1961) (94)
Studies of 2,2'-bipyridyl N,N'-dioxides (1983) (93)
THE REACTION OF ISOXAZOLIUM SALTS WITH BASES (1961) (91)
Structure and Absorption Spectra. IV. Further Observations on α,β-Unsaturated Ketones (1942) (86)
Synthesis of protein analogs. (1947) (84)
Studies on Diene-addition Reactions. II.1 The Reaction of 6,6-Pentamethylenefulvene with Maleic Anhydride (1944) (83)
THE SYNTHESIS OF ELLIPTICINE (1959) (79)
Recent advances in the chemistry of natural products (1971) (79)
Biogenesis of the Strychnos Alkaloids (1948) (78)
Synthesis and Rearrangement of Cyclohexadienones (1950) (78)
Recent advances in the chemistry of natural products. (1966) (74)
THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF RESERPINE (1956) (66)
Tetrahydrothiophene (thiophane) derivatives. (1946) (63)
Orbital symmetry control of chemical reactions. (1970) (62)
Structure, reactivity, and biological activity of strained bicyclic .beta.-lactams (1981) (60)
224. The synthesis of lanosterol (lanostadienol) (1957) (59)
The structure of strychnine. (1947) (58)
Preparation and reactivity of bridge-substituted bicyclo[3.2.1]octyl and bicyclo[3.3.1]nonyl toluenesulfonates (1964) (58)
Cycloaddition reactions of cycloheptatriene and 2,5-dimethyl-3,4-diphenylcyclopentadienone (1970) (58)
The N-ethylbenzisoxazolium cation—I (1965) (58)
The penems, a new class of .beta.-lactam antibiotics. 5. Total synthesis of racemic 6-.alpha.-hydroxyethylpenemcarboxylic acids (1980) (57)
THE MECHANISM OF THE DIELS-ALDER REACTION (1942) (56)
The total synthesis of dl-6-demethyl-6-deoxytetracycline (1968) (55)
Novel synthesis of prostaglandin F2.alpha. (1973) (55)
1,5-DITHIA-2,4,6,8-TETRAZOCINE: A NOVEL HETEROCYCLE OF UNUSUAL PROPERTIES (1981) (55)
PYRROLE CHEMISTRY. THE CYANOVINYL ALDEHYDE PROTECTING GROUPS (1976) (54)
The penems, a new class of .beta.-lactam antibiotics. 2. Total synthesis of racemic 6-unsubstituted representatives (1979) (54)
Dithiotosylates as reagents in organic synthesis (1971) (53)
The synthesis of L-()-mycarose and L-()-cladinose (1962) (52)
Penems and related substances. (1980) (52)
The Total Synthesis of 6-Demethyl-6-Deoxytetracycline (1962) (51)
The structure of patulin. (1949) (50)
The structure of strychnine; formulation of the neo bases. (1948) (49)
MAGNAMYCIN.1 II. MYCAROSE, AN UNUSUAL BRANCHED-CHAIN DESOXYSUGAR FROM MAGNAMYCIN (1953) (47)
The reaction of isoxazolium salts with nucleophiles (1966) (46)
Cycloaddition reactions of tropone and 2,5-dimethyl-3,4-diphenylcyclopentadienone (1970) (46)
THE SYNTHESIS OF LANOSTENOL (1954) (46)
The structure of sempervirine. (1949) (44)
A New Optically Active Reagent for Carbonyl Compounds; the Resolution of dl-Camphor (1941) (44)
The penems, a new class of .beta.-lactam antibiotics. 3. Synthesis of optically active 2-methyl-(5R)-penem-3-carboxylic acid (1979) (43)
THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF CORTISONE (1951) (42)
TERRAMYCIN. VIII. STRUCTURE OF AUREOMYCIN AND TERRAMYCIN (1952) (42)
A SIMPLIFIED ROUTE TO A KEY INTERMEDIATE IN THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF RESERPINE (1956) (41)
The penems, a new class of .beta.-lactam antibiotics. 4. Syntheses of racemic and enantiomeric penem carboxylic acids (1979) (41)
THE MECHANISM OF THE ISOMERIZATION OF STEROIDAL SAPOGENINS AT C-25 (1958) (39)
THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF A STEROID1 (1951) (38)
THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF LYSERGIC ACID AND ENGROVINE (1954) (38)
A useful synthesis of peptides (1966) (37)
N-t-Butylketoketenimines (1966) (35)
A DIRECT STEREOCHEMICAL CORRELATION OF A SESQUITERPENE ALCOHOL WITH THE STEROIDS (1954) (35)
THE STRUCTURE OF OLEANDOMYCIN (1960) (35)
The Autoxidation of Menthofuran (1950) (34)
The structure of magnamycin. (1965) (33)
Total synthesis of illudinine, illudalic acid, and illudacetalic acid (1977) (32)
THE SYNTHESIS OF PATULIN (1950) (31)
Reaction of dimethyl sodio-3-ketoglutarate with glyoxal and substituted glyoxals: First expeditious preparation of bicyclo[3.3.0]octane-3,7-dione; synthesis and crystal structure of 5,7-dihydroxy-4-methoxycarbonyl-3-phenyl-1-indanone (1982) (29)
Die Cycloaddition von Äthoxyacetylen an Diphenylketen (1962) (28)
The stereochemistry at C-5 in oxytetracycline. (1965) (28)
The Structure of the Santonides (1950) (27)
The Structure of the Acidic Dimer of Methylketene (1950) (27)
Total synthesis of marasmic acid (1976) (27)
The Structure of Cantharidine and the Synthesis of Desoxycantharidine (1941) (25)
TERRAMYCIN. VII. THE STRUCTURE OF TERRAMYCIN (1952) (25)
The methoxazonyl group (1969) (24)
THE STRUCTURES OF TETRAPHYLLICINE, AJMALIDINE AND RAUVOMITINE1 (1956) (23)
Synthese des 3′.8-Dimethyl-1.2-cyclopenteno-phenanthrens (1953) (22)
Synthetic studies in unnatural cyclic amino acids (1979) (22)
A Synthesis of 1,3-Butylene Oxide (1953) (22)
Synthetic vitamin B12 (1979) (21)
The Synthesis of Ring Systems Related to Morphine. IV. N-Methylisomorphinane* (1950) (21)
The structure of santonic acid. (1948) (21)
The Direct Introduction of the Angular-Methyl Group (1940) (21)
XV. The Constitution of Penicillins (1949) (20)
The Penems, a New Class of β‐Lactam Antibiotics. 6. Synthesis of 2‐alkylthiopenem carboxylic acids (1980) (20)
The Action of Alkali on Chloral-quinaldine (1948) (20)
Experiments on the Synthesis of Oestrone. I. The 2-(β-Phenylethyl)-furans as Components in the Diene Synthesis (1940) (20)
Neueste Fortschritte in der Chemie der Naturstoffe. Die Totalsynthese des Cephalosporins C. Nobel‐Vortrag am 11. Dezember 1965 (1966) (19)
The total synthesis of a tetracycline (1963) (18)
A novel synthesis of peptides based on the photochemistry of 5-azido-1,3,4-oxadiazoles (1983) (18)
THE STRUCTURE OF THE THERMOCHROMIC FORM OF BIANTHRONE (1959) (17)
THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF CHOLESTEROL (1951) (17)
Synthesis of polypeptides. (1947) (17)
Stable enol esters from N-tert-butyl-5-methylisoxazolium perchlorate (1968) (17)
Veratrum‐Alkaloide. 9. Mitteilung. Absolute Konfiguration des Kohlenstoffatoms 10 in Cevin und verwandten Alkaloiden (1955) (16)
THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF SOME NATURALLY OCCURRING STEROIDS (1951) (16)
Marasmic acid—II : Total synthesis of (±)-marasmic acid (1980) (16)
Dimethyl 1,3-diphenylbicyclobutane-2,4-dicarboxylates (1969) (15)
Intramolecular ene reaction of glyoxylate esters: an anisatin model study (1983) (15)
The structure of ketoyobyrine. (1948) (15)
Chapter 16 The Chemistry of the Cinchona Alkaloids (1953) (14)
Imidazole alkaloids of Macrorungia longistrobus: Revised structures and total syntheses (1976) (14)
Reaction of 3-unsubstituted N-arylisoxazolium salts with carboxylic acid anions (1967) (14)
Recent advances in the chemistry of natural products (1968) (13)
Structure and Absorption Spectra. II. 3-Acetoxy-Δ5-(6)-nor-cholestene-7-carboxylic Acid (1941) (13)
Veratrum‐Alkaloide. 5. Mitteilung. Über die Konstitution der Decevinsäure (1954) (13)
2,4-Dibromo-α-oestradiol (1940) (13)
gamma. Elimination of a sulfonyl group to form a cyclopropane ring (1969) (13)
The Condensation of Acyloins with Ethyl Acetate (1943) (13)
Veratrum‐Alkaloide. 7. Mitteilung. Die Konstitution des Ringes F und die absolute Konfiguration des Kohlenstoffatoms 25 des Cevins (1954) (12)
The Isolation and Properties of 1,1-Dineopentylethylene, a Component of Triisobutylene1 (1941) (12)
Synthesis and revised structure of isolongistrobine (1973) (10)
TERRAMYCIN. V. STRUCTURE OF TERRINOLIDE. AN ACID DEGRADATION PRODUCT OF TERRAMYCIN (1952) (10)
A synthesis of (–)-(R)-trans-β-(1,2,3-trimethylcyclopent-2-enyl)acrylic acid (1973) (10)
Pyrolysis of Organomagnesium Compounds. I. A New Agent for the Reduction of Benzophenone (1938) (10)
Digital Computer Program for Calculation of Molecular Formulae. (1965) (9)
Synthesis and revised structure of dehydroisolongistrobine (1973) (9)
Azlactone formation in the isoxazolium salt method of peptide synthesis (1969) (9)
The constitutions of cevine and some related alkaloids (1954) (9)
N-Aryl- and N-t-Butylisoxazolium Salts (1966) (9)
XIV. Other Physical Methods (1949) (9)
On the oxidation products or benzaldehyde phenylhydrazone and the isomers of benzil osazone (1969) (8)
2‐Oxocephems and 2‐Acetylpenems ‐ Selective Formation in an Intramolecular Wittig Reaction (1981) (8)
Neue β-Lactam-Antibiotika. Über die Darstellung der 8-β-Phenylacetamido-homoceph-4-em-5-carbonsäure (1). Modifikationen von Antibiotika, 7. Mitteilung† (1972) (8)
The Dimerization of 6-Methoxy-3,4-dihydronaphthalene (1944) (8)
The Formation of Reissert's Compounds in Non-aqueous Media (1940) (7)
Marasmic acid—I : Total synthesis of (±)-isomarasmic acid (1980) (7)
Syntheses, General Approach Bring Nobel Prize (1965) (7)
The synthesis of sempervirine methochloride. (1949) (7)
4,5‐Dihydro‐2,3;6,7‐dibenzoxepindion‐(4,5) (1956) (7)
Das Konzept von der Erhaltung der Orbitalsymmetrie (1972) (7)
The Structure of the a- and -Metasantonins (1963) (6)
The Structure of ?-Metasantonin (1963) (6)
Structure of Chlorodesoxypatulinic Acid (1950) (6)
TERRAMYCIN. VI. THE STRUCTURE OF α- AND β-APOTERRAMYCIN, ACID REARRANGEMENT PRODUCTS OF TERRAMYCIN (1952) (6)
SYNTHESIS OF 3‐HYDROXY CEPHEMS (1976) (5)
On the structure of Max Bergmann's “Benzaldehyde Phenylhydrazone Oxide” (1969) (5)
A synthetic attack on the oestrone problem (1937) (5)
A Pressure Regulator for Vacuum Distillation (1937) (5)
The structure of patulin (1950) (4)
The Condensation of Ethyl α-Acetylpropionate with Ethyl Chlorofumarate (1943) (4)
Ungewöhnliche Substitutionsreaktion an einem Phenylkern mit nachfolgender Ringerweiterung (1961) (4)
5 – Theory of Electrocyclic Reactions (1971) (3)
A novel synthesis of prostaglandin F. (1973) (3)
A total synthesis of colchicine. (1965) (3)
THE PENEMS, A NEW CLASS OF β‐LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS. 5. TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF RACEMIC 6‐α‐HYDROXYETHYLPENEMCARBOXYLIC ACIDS (1980) (2)
THE PENEMS, A NEW CLASS OF β-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS. 2. TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF RACEMIC 6-UNSUBSTITUTED REPRESENTATIVES (1980) (2)
exo-2-Hydroxyepicamphor (1968) (2)
The Structure of Tribromosantonin (1963) (2)
8 – Group Transfers and Eliminations (1971) (2)
Precipitation of Barium in the Copper-Tin Group of Qualitative Analysis (1934) (1)
An unusual reaction of terramycin with methyl iodide (1981) (1)
Versuche zur Synthese des Vitamins B12 (1963) (1)
MARASMIC ACID. II. TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF (.+-.)-MARASMIC ACID (1981) (1)
STUDIES OF 2,2′-BIPYRIDYL N,N′-DIOXIDES (1983) (1)
R.B. Woodward remembered : a collection of papers in honour of Robert Burns Woodward, 1917-1979 (1982) (1)
13 – Other Theoretical Work (1971) (1)
Veratrum-Alkaloide. 6. Mitteilung. Die Konstitution der Hexan-tetracarbons?ure aus Cevin und Germin (1954) (1)
CYCLOADDITIONSRK. VON CYCLOHEPTATRIEN UND 2,5-DIMETHYL-3,4-DIPHENYL-CYCLOPENTADIENON (1970) (0)
12: Woodward’s Synthesis of Chlorophyll (0)
3 – Correlation Diagrams (1971) (0)
Foerfarande Foer framstaellning of 6-substituted-thia-azafoereningar (1979) (0)
[New -lactam antibiotics. Preparation of 7-aminocephalocillanic acid]. (1972) (0)
6 – Theory of Cycloadditions and Cycloreversions (1971) (0)
Letter: Death from asthma. (1976) (0)
Foerfarande Foer framstaellning of pharmacologically VERKSAM, and which have laekemedel anvaendbara 6-substituted-2-penem-3-karboxylsyrafoereningar. (1979) (0)
A process for the preparation of tetracycline compounds (1961) (0)
Synthesis of 3-Hydroxy Cephems (1976) (0)
Current Topics, Etc. (1952) (0)
SYNTHETIC ANALOGS OF β-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS. BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE 2-ALKYLIDENE-3-DEACETOXYMETHYL CEPHALOSPORINS (1977) (0)
9 – Secondary Effects (1971) (0)
2 – Orbitals and Bonding (1971) (0)
Additions and Corrections-The Synthesis of Ring Systems Related to Morphine. IV. N-Methylisomorphinane (1950) (0)
Beta-lactam antibiotic intermediate (1988) (0)
MARASMIC ACID. I. TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF (.+-.)-ISOMARASMIC ACID (1981) (0)
A photographic process for the production of monochromatic or multi-color images such. B. for a Diffusionsuebertragungsverfahren, and materials for performing the method (1957) (0)
3-hydroxycrotonsyrederivater for use as intermediates in the preparation of antiobiotisk active 3-cephem compounds (1978) (0)
16.13: Specific Rules Governing the Diels–Alder Reaction (0)
IMIDAZOLE ALKALOIDS PART 2, SYNTHESIS AND REVISED STRUCTURE OF ISOLONGISTROBINE (1973) (0)
CYCLOADDITIONSRK. VON TROPON UND 2,5-DIMETHYL-3,4-DIPHENYL-CYCLOPENTADIENON (1970) (0)
THE PENEMS, A NEW CLASS OF β-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS. 6. SYNTHESIS OF 2-ALKYLTHIOPENEMCARBOXYLIC ACIDS (1980) (0)
A method of manufacturing zru enolderivaten (1976) (0)
HYDROLYSIS OF A BROMOLACTONIC ACID (1980) (0)
11 – Generalized Selection Rules for Pericyclic Reactions (1971) (0)
IMIDAZOLE ALKALOIDS OF MACRORUNGIA LONGISTROBUS. REVISED STRUCTURES AND TOTAL SYNTHESES (1976) (0)
A SYNTHESIS OF (-)-(R)-TRANS-BETA-(1,2,3-TRIMETHYLCYCLOPENT-2-ENYL)ACRYLIC ACID (1973) (0)
A process for preparing enolderivaten (1975) (0)
2-OXOCEPHEMS AND 2-ACETYLPENEMS - SELECTIVE FORMATION IN AN INTRAMOLECULAR WITTIG REACTION (1981) (0)
[257. New beta-lactam antibiotics. The preparation of 8-beta-phenylacetamidohomoceph-4-em-5-carboxylic acid (1). Modifications of antibiotics. 7]. (1972) (0)
Method for the preparation of enolderivater (1976) (0)
Analogifremgangsmaade for producing optically active or racemic 6-substituted-2-penem-3-carboxylic acid compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof (1979) (0)
Preliminary studies in the synthesis of the polynuclear hydroaromatic ring systems (1936) (0)
A new synthetic steroid. (1951) (0)
16.11 Rules of the Diels–Alder Reaction (0)
7 – Theory of Sigmatropic Reactions (1971) (0)
REACTION OF DIMETHYL SODIO-3-KETOGLUTARATE WITH GLYOXAL AND SUBSTITUTED GLYOXALS. FIRST EXPEDITIOUS PREPARATION OF BICYCLO(3.3.0)OCTANE-3,7-DIONE; SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF 5,7-DIHYDROXY-4-METHOXYCARBONYL-3-PHENYL-1-INDANONE (1982) (0)
STRUCTURAL AND SYNTHETIC STUDIES ON TETRODOTOXIN (1961) (0)
A NOVEL SYNTHESIS OF PROSTAGLANDIN F(2ALPHA) (1973) (0)
DITHIOTOSYLATE ALS REAGENTIEN BEI ORGANISCHEN SYNTH. (1971) (0)
7beta-amino-3-cephem-3-Amino-4-carboxylic acid derivatives for use as intermediates (1987) (0)
Eine Ausfällung von Barium mit dem Schwefelwasserstoffniederschlag (1935) (0)
MODIFIKATIONEN VON ANTIBIOTIKA 7. MITT. NEUE BETA-LACTAM-ANTIBIOTIKA, DARST. DER 9-BETA-PHENYLACETAMIDO-HOMOCEPH-4-EM-5-CARBONSAEURE (1973) (0)
MODIFIKATIONEN VON ANTIBIOTIKA 4. MITT. NEUE BETA-LACTAM-ANTIBIOTIKA, DARST. DER 7-AMINO-CEPHALOCILLANSAEURE (1972) (0)
SYNTH. UND REVIDIERTE STRUKTUR VON DEHYDROISOLONGISTROBIN (1973) (0)
ALPHA-ELIMINIERUNG EINER SULFONYLGRUPPE UNTER BLDG. EINES CYCLOPROPANRINGES (1970) (0)
DIE TOTALSYNTH. VON VITAMIN B12 (1973) (0)
Untersuchungen an hochsubstituierten Äthylenen und Glykolen, IX. Der Mechanismus der säurekatalysierten Cyclodehydratisierung von 3.4‐Bis‐[4‐oxo‐cyclohexen‐(1)‐yl]‐hexandiol‐(3.4) (1968) (0)
3,4-Disubstituierte Azetidin-2-onverbindungen und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung (1979) (0)

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