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  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Roald Hoffmann

  • 2014-Oct-16 (First interview)
  • 2014-Oct-17 (Second interview)
  • 2015-Mar-21 (Third interview)

  Roald Hoffmann was born Roald Safran in Złoczów, Poland, in 1937. When the Nazi Wehrmacht reached Złoczów in 1941, Roald’s family went into hiding, then into a labor camp. His father bribed the guards to allow Roald,…

  • Interviewee Hoffmann, Roald
  • Interviewer Caruso, David J., Reinhardt, Carsten
  • Subject Hoffmann, Roald, Hückel molecular orbitals, Chemistry, Organic, Boranes, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Nobel Prize winners, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Djerassi, Carl
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  5 items
  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with William S. Knowles

  • 2008-Jan-30

  William S. Knowles begins his oral history by discussing his early life during the Great Depression and his education, including time at Harvard University and Columbia University. Knowles spent the majority of his…

  • Interviewee Knowles, William S.
  • Interviewer Grayson, Michael A.
  • Subject Elderfield, Robert Cooley, 1904-, Chirality, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Chemists, Noyori, Ryoji, Chemists--Biography, Nobel Prize winners, Monsanto Company, Knowles, William S.
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  11 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Oxidations in Basic Medium"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  This folder contains notes written by Robert E. Kohler concerning chemical syntheses from R. B. Woodward's seminar lectures, specifically his Thursday Evening Seminars predating the formulation of the Woodward-Hoffmann…

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Oxidation, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  Professor R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward’s Harvard lecture entitled "Towards the Synthesis of Chlorophyll"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chlorophyll--Synthesis, Chemistry, Organic, Harvard University, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Claude Seminar"

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  10 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Amino Esters (Ethers)"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry, Local anesthetics
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  7 items
  Ephemera

  Untitled R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar mentioning camphor

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Camphor, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  5 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Some recent advances in Natural Products"

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "[Stereochemistry] of Patchouli Alcohol"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Stereochemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  8 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Steroidal Sapogenins"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Sapogenins, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  11 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "[Chemistry] of Azoxylic Acid [Derivatives]"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  5 items
  Ephemera

  Notes on R. B. W.'s [Robert Burns Woodward] Cope Award Speech

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  7 items
  Ephemera

  Untitled R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar mentioning Dr. T. Fukunaga

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Fukunaga, T, Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  9 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Rosenblum - Von Richter [Reaction]"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Richter, Victor von, 1841-1891, Chemical industry
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  7 items
  Ephemera

  Untitled R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Cyclic Nitrones"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Oxidation of A. A. [Hydroxides]"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Oxidation, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry, Hydroxides
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "1-3 Dipolar [Addition]"

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Transannular Participation of d b"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  7 items
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  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Katritzky"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Radiolysis of Aryl Alkyl Ketones"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Ketones, Chemical industry
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  7 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Werner Lenk - Göttingen/Pyrromycinone"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lenk, Werner, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Strain Energies"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  6 items
  Ephemera

  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "Structure of Sclerotiorin"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Penicillium, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  4 items
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  R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar entitled "7 - Aza Indole"

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry
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  8 items
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  Untitled R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward Seminar mentioning Dr. Snyder

  • Part of Notes from R. B. (Robert Burns) Woodward's Seminars

  • Circa 1959 – 1966

  • Creator Of Work Kohler, Robert E.
  • Subject Historians of science, Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946, Chemistry, Woodward, R. B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979, Kohler, Robert E., Chemistry, Organic, Molecular structure, Chemists--Biography, Chemical industry