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John W. Cornforth (1929-2015) was a prominent British chemist specializing in organic stereochemistry and biosynthesis. His significant contributions centered on understanding how molecules are built during biological processes, notably in the area of plant hormones like abscisic acid. He developed...
Alan Battersby (1925–2018) was a British organic chemist who served as the Sir Samuel Hall Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. He pioneered the use of isotopic labeling, particularly with carbon-13 and NMR spectroscopy, to trace the biosynthetic pathways of porphyrins, alk...
Duilio Arigoni (1928–2020) was a Swiss chemist at ETH Zurich who made contributions to the understanding of biosynthetic pathways, particularly the stereochemistry of terpenoid and isoprene-unit biosynthesis. He applied isotopic labeling and mechanistic reasoning to elucidate the enzymatic steps by...
