Ronald Breslow
Born	March 14, 1931 (1931-03-14) Rahway, New Jersey
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Columbia University
Alma mater	Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Robert Burns Woodward
Doctoral students	Robert Grubbs
Notes . Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rahway (ˈrɔweɪ is a city in southern Union County, New Jersey, United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem meaning "earth") is the Science concerned with the composition structure and properties Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement Robert Burns Woodward ( April 10 1917 &ndash July 8 1979) was an American organic chemist.

Ronald C. D. Breslow (born 14 March 1931, Rahway, New Jersey) is a U. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rahway (ˈrɔweɪ is a city in southern Union County, New Jersey, United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. S. chemist. He is currently University Professor at Columbia University, where he is based in the Department of Chemistry and affiliated with the Departments of Biological Sciences and Pharmacology; he has also been on the faculty of its Department of Chemical Engineering. University Professor is the highest academic rank at Columbia University. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. He has taught at Columbia since 1956 and is a former chair of the university's chemistry department.

He is interested in the design and synthesis of new molecules with interesting properties, and the study of these properties. Examples include the cyclopropenyl cation, the simplest aromatic system and the first aromatic compound prepared with other than six electrons in a ring. An ion is an Atom or Molecule which has lost or gained one or more Valence electrons giving it a positive or negative electrical charge The electron is a fundamental Subatomic particle that was identified and assigned the negative charge in 1897 by J His seminal contributions concerning the mechanism of the Vitamin B1 catalyzed benzoin condensation and the rate enhancement gained by performing organic transformations on water, among many others, sparked new avenues of chemical research.

Breslow earned his B. A. , M. A. and Ph. D. from Harvard University, where his doctoral advisor was R. B. Woodward. Robert Burns Woodward ( April 10 1917 &ndash July 8 1979) was an American organic chemist. Among Breslow's former Ph. D. students is Robert Grubbs, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2005. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature

Breslow has received many honors and awards, including the National Medal of Science, the Welch Award, the Arthur C. Cope Award, the National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences, the American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry and the Priestley Medal. The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in Science and Engineering who have made important Founded in 1954, Robert A Welch Foundation is a non-profit organization which seeks to advance Chemistry research especially in the State of Texas. The Arthur C Cope Award is a prize awarded for achievement in the field of Organic chemistry research The Priestley Medal is the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society (ACS and is awarded for distinguished service in the field of Chemistry. In recognition of his classroom skills, Columbia has awarded him both its Mark Van Doren Award and its Great Teacher Award. He served as president of the ACS in 1996 and chaired the chemistry division of the National Academy of Sciences from 1974 to 1977. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS is a corporation in the United States whose members serve Pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science In 1997 he was named one of the top 75 contributors to the chemical enterprise of the past 75 years by Chemical & Engineering News. Chemical & Engineering News is a weekly chemistry news magazine published by the American Chemical Society. The Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry, awarded annually by the ACS, is named in his honor. The American Chemical Society ( ACS) is a Learned society ( Professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry

He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the European Academy of Science, and the American Philosophical Society. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS is a corporation in the United States whose members serve Pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS is an organization dedicated to scholarship and the advancement of learning The American Philosophical Society is a discussion group founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin as an offshoot of his earlier club the Junto. He is also a foreign member of the Royal Society and an honorary member of many other scientific bodies around the world. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660

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