| RefNo | EC/2000/45 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Breslow, Ronald: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Certificate of Candidate for Election to Foreign Membership. Citation typed on separate sheet of paper, then pasted onto certificate |
| Citation | Ronald Breslow has made significant contributions to the field of bioorganic chemistry over the last 35 years, beginning with his seminal paper explaining the mechanism of thiamine pyrophosphate as a catalyst, which led to the concept of stabilised carbenes. Breslow invented the phrase "biomimetic chemistry" and contributed many important examples of reactions which simulate enzyme catalysis, notably the creation of an artifical enzyme in which two functional groups co-operate to perform phosphate ester hydrolysis with high product selectivity. He was a pioneer in cyclodextrin chemistry, using this molecule as a cage in which selective chemistry with metals, coenzyme analogues and aromatic substitution could be studied. Breslow's work has been recognised by election to the National Academy of Sciences and by many awards, including the US National Medal of Science (conferred by the President of the United States) and the Priestley Medal of the American Chemical Society for 1999 |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3124 | Breslow; Ronald (1931 - 2017) | 1931 - 2017 |