David A. Evans
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Born | David Albert Evans January 11, 1941 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Died | April 29, 2022 | (aged 81)
Alma mater | Oberlin College B.S. (1963) Synthetic organic chemistry |
Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles (1967-1974) California Institute of Technology (1974-1983) |
Thesis | A Stereoselective Approach Toward the Synthesis of Some Pentacyclic Triterpenes (1968) |
Doctoral advisor | Robert E. Ireland |
Other academic advisors | Norman Craig |
Doctoral students | Erick M. Carreira, Gregory Fu, Margaret Faul, James L. Leighton, Yimon Aye |
Other notable students | Tehshik Yoon, Amir H. Hoveyda, Mark Lautens, David MacMillan, Marisa Kozlowski |
Website | evans |
David A. Evans (January 11, 1941 – April 29, 2022)
Early life and education
Evans was born on January 11, 1941, in Washington, D.C. He received his A.B. from Oberlin College in 1963, where he worked with Norman Craig.[7] He began his graduate work at the University of Michigan with Robert E. Ireland, but moved with the Ireland group to the California Institute of Technology and received his Ph.D. from Caltech in 1967.[4][5][7]
Academic career
Evans began his independent research career at the
Research
Evans made many scholarly contributions to the field of organic chemistry.
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Developing ChemDraw
The widely used chemical structure drawing software package ChemDraw was initially conceived by Evans and was developed by a graduate student, Stewart Rubenstein, with input from Evans, his wife Sally, and the Evans research group for the preparation of the group's manuscripts.[12] ChemDraw was premiered in July 1985 at the Gordon Research Conference on Reactions & Processes in New Hampshire where Rubenstein and the Evanses demonstrated the new software during a break in the conference.[13]
Awards and honors
- Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 1984[4][14]
- Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1988[4]
- Elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1992[4]
- Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry & BioMedicinal Chemistry, 1998[15]
- Arthur C. Cope Award, American Chemical Society, 2000[4][16]
- The Ryoji Noyori Prize, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 2006[4]
- Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods, 2007[17]
- Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2013[4][18]
References
- ^ David A. Evans (1941-2022)
- S2CID 249989990.
- ^ HALFORD, BETHANY (May 5, 2022). "Organic chemist David A. Evans dies at 81". Chemical & Engineering News. 100 (16).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "David A. Evans - Curriculum Vitae". Harvard University. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
- ^ a b c "David Evans". Harvard University. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
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- ^ Evans, David A. (2006). "Harvard's Advanced Organic Chemistry". Internet Archive. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- PMID 25131311.
- ISSN 0009-2347.
- ^ "David Evans". National Academy of Sciences Member Directory. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
- ^ "Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry". Elsevier. Archived from the original on September 9, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ^ "Arthur C. Cope Award". ACS. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ^ "Past Recipients". American Chemical Society. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ "Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry". ACS. Retrieved November 6, 2017.