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John Cornforth

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Also known as John Warcup Cornforth, Kappa Cornfoth, Sir John Cornforth, Sir John Warcup Cornforth, John Conforth

químico australiano

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John Cornforth was an Australian chemist and university teacher specializing in organic chemistry. Born in Sydney in 1917, he was educated at the University of Sydney and St Catherine's College, University of Oxford. He served as a student of Robert Robinson and later worked at the University of Warwick and the University of Sussex.

Cornforth received several awards, including the Copley Medal, the Corday-Morgan Prize, and the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Australian Academy of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

He was married to Rita Harradence and resided in Brighton, where he died in 2013. Cornforth was deaf and spoke English. His name in his native language is John Warcup 'Kappa' Cornforth.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1975

    “for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions”

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Instance of
human
Given name
John
Gender
male
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
Sydney
Place of death
Brighton
Spouse
Rita Harradence
Occupation
university teacher
Educated at
University of Oxford
Employer
University of Sussex
Languages spoken
English language
Award
Knight Bachelor
Doctoral advisor
Robert Robinson
Student of
Robert Robinson
Field of work
organic chemistry
Image
John Cornforth 1975.jpg
Residence
Brighton
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date of death
2013-12-08
member of
Academia Europaea
date of birth
1917-09-07
medical condition
deafness
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Commons category
John Cornforth
name in native language
John Warcup 'Kappa' Cornforth
interested in
organic chemistry
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John Warcup Cornforth Jr. (7 de septiembre de 1917 - 8 de diciembre de 2013) fue un químico australiano - británico que ganó el Premio Nobel de Química en 1975 por su trabajo sobre la estereoquímica de las enzimas en reacciones catalizadas,​​ convirtiéndose en el único premio Nobel nacido en Nueva Gales del Sur, con la particularidad de que era sordo desde que tenía 20 años.​ ​​ Cornforth investigó las enzimas que catalizan los cambios en los compuestos orgánicos, los sustratos, tomando el lugar de los átomos de hidrógeno en las cadenas y los anillos de un sustrato. En sus síntesis y descripciones de la estructura de diversos terpenos, olefinas y esteroides, determinó específicamente qué grupo de átomos de hidrógeno en un sustrato fueron reemplazados por una enzima para efectuar un cambio dado en el sustrato, lo que le permite detallar la biosíntesis del colesterol.​ Por este trabajo, ganó una parte del Premio Nobel de Química en 1975, junto con el co-receptor Vladimir Prelog, y fue nombrado caballero en 1977.​

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