Record

RefNoCOR/1/2/7
LevelFile
TitleLecture notes of Sir John W Cornforth
Date[1960s - 1990s]
DescriptionLarge file that includes master copies with transparencies of lecture notes used by Sir John W Cornforth, with some revised versions (1998) on the topics of steroechemsitry and enzymes. In addition to this the file includes more general notes, acetate overheads and scripts for lectures on 'How stereospecific are enzymes', the stereochemistry of fatty acids, steroid synthesis, and the biosynthesis of polysoprenoid. The file includes the programme for the Alan Johnson Memorial Lecture (1999), including the lecture by Cornforth, 'Adventures with sugars'. The notes span a large period of John W Cornforth's career.
Extent7 folders
FormatTypescript and manuscript
NotesA transcript of 'Adventures with Sugars' was published in the 'Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales', vol. 151, part 2, 2018, pp. 125–134
AccessStatusOpen
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