Gilbert Stork (1921-2017)

American chemist born in Brussels. He obtained his PhD at the University of Wisconsin and was professor at Columbia University, New York, from 1953 until his retirement.

He introduced the enamine alkylation (1954–1963) that bears his name, developed annulation and radical cyclization methods and carried out stereocontrolled syntheses of many natural products, including the first stereoselective synthesis of quinine (2001). He received, among others, the US National Medal of Science (1982) and the Wolf Prize in Chemistry.

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