1928– American chemist who developed the concept of retrosynthetic analysis.
Keywords: prostaglandin; terpene; synthesis; leucotriene; retrosynthetic
Corey, Elias James
Katherine D Watson, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002755
| Further Reading | |
| Corey EJ and Wipke TW (1969) Computer-assisted design of complex organic syntheses. Science 166: 178–192. | |
| book Corey EJ and Cheng X-M (1989) The Logic of Chemical Synthesis. New York: Wiley. | |
| Concar D (1990) Corey the logical choice. Nature 347: 698–699. | |
| book International Who's Who, 62nd edn. (1998) London: Europa Publications. | |
| book James LK (ed.) (1993) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society and Chemical Heritage Foundation. | |
| book McMurray EJ (ed.) (1995) Notable Twentieth Century Scientists. New York: Gale Research. | |
| Pool R (1990) Chemistry ‘grand master’ garners a Nobel Prize. Science 250: 510–511. | |
