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Nationality
  
German

Influenced
  
Elias James Corey

Doctoral advisor
  
Rudolf Criegee

Awards
  
Marcel Benoist Prize

Name
  
Dieter Seebach

Notable students
  
Dieter Enders

Role
  
Chemist


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Born
  
31 October 1937 Karlsruhe, Germany (
1937-10-31
)

Institutions
  
University of Karlsruhe (TH) University of Giessen ETH Zurich

Alma mater
  
University of Karlsruhe (TH) Harvard University

Doctoral students
  
Dieter Enders, Paul Knochel

Notable awards
  
Marcel Benoist Prize (2000) The Ryoji Noyori Prize (2004)

Education
  
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Harvard University

Dieter Seebach is a German chemist known for his synthesis of biopolymers and dendrimers, and for his contributions to stereochemistry. He was born on 31 October 1937 in Karlsruhe. He studied chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) under the supervision of Rudolf Criegee and at Harvard University with Elias Corey finishing in 1969. After his habilitation he became professor for organic chemistry at the University of Giessen. After six years he was appointed professor at the ETH Zurich where he worked until he retired in 2003.

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Work

He works on dendrimer chemistry and on the synthesis of beta-peptides. The development of the umpolung, a polarity inversion of the carbonyl group, with 1,3-propanedithiol together with Corey had a big influence on organic synthesis.

The Fráter–Seebach alkylation, a diastereoselective reaction of beta-hydroxy esters, is named after him.

Awards

  • 2000 Marcel Benoist Prize
  • 2003 Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry & BioMedicinal Chemistry
  • 2004 The Ryoji Noyori Prize
  • References

    Dieter Seebach Wikipedia