Abstract
The American chemist Elias James Corey was awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing the theoryand methodology of organic synthesis. He called his method “retrosynthetic analysis,” a technique for simplifying thesynthesis of large complex molecules. He worked out and described in detail a new and fruitful systematic approach tosynthetic chemistry. He has synthesized over 100 substances, including ginkgolide B (a compound extracted from theginkgo tree and used experimentally to treat asthma) and prostaglandins (hormone-like compounds used to induce laborand treat infertility). Corey—Nobel Prize for Retrosynthetic Analysis
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