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Donald J. Cram (1919–2001) was an American chemist and university teacher. Born in Chester, he died of cancer in Palm Desert, California. He received his education from Rollins College, Harvard University, and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where Louis Fieser served as his doctoral advisor. Cram was employed by the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Cram’s field of work was chemistry. He was influenced by Paul Doughty Bartlett and Robert Burns Woodward, and he advised doctoral student M. Frederick Hawthorne. His notable works include *Chemistry and stereochemistry of carbanions*, *Fundamentals of Carbanion Chemistry. Volume 4*, and *Stereo- and theoretical chemistry*. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Willard Gibbs Award, and the National Medal of Science.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Chemistry and stereochemistry of carbanions
- Fundamentals of Carbanion Chemistry. Volume 4, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Monograph Series.
- Study guide and solutions manual to accompany the essence of organic chemistry
- Stereo- and theoretical chemistry
- Fundamentals of carbonion chemistry
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1965-07-31
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers
· 1984 · cited 33,974x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,125x
- The M06 suite of density functionals for main group thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, noncovalent interactions, excited states, and transition elements: two new functionals and systematic testing of four M06-class functionals and 12 other functionals
· 2007 · cited 28,961x
- An Algorithm for Least-Squares Estimation of Nonlinear Parameters
· 1963 · cited 24,446x
- The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects
· 1983 · cited 24,139x
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Key facts
- Born
- April 22, 1919, Chester, Vermont
- Died
- June 17, 2001 (aged 82), Palm Desert, California
- Education
- Rollins College (BS) , University of Nebraska (MS) , Harvard University (PhD)
- Known for
- Cram's rule , Host–guest chemistry , phenonium ions , paracyclophanes
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1987), Glenn T. Seaborg Medal (1989), National Medal of Science (1993), Guggenheim fellowship (1955)
- Fields
- Chemistry
- Institutions
- UCLA , Merck & Co , MIT
- Theses
- Amino ketones, mechanism studies of the reactions of heterocyclic secondary amines with -bromo-, -unsaturated ketones. (1942) Syntheses and reactions of 2-(ketoalkyl)-3-hydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinones (1947)
- Doctoral advisor
- Louis Fieser
- Doctoral students
- M. Frederick Hawthorne , Norman L. Allinger
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1987
“for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity”
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Encyclopedic overview
Donald James Cram (April 22, 1919 – June 17, 2001) was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity." They were the founders of the field of host–guest chemistry.
Early life and education
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