Woodward
/ˈwʊdwəd/- Woodward, Robert Burns (1917-79), American organic chemist. He was the first to synthesize quinine, cholesterol, chlorophyll, and vitamin B12, and with the Polish-born American chemist Roald Hoffmann (b.1937) discovered symmetry-based rules governing the course of rearrangement reactions involving cyclic intermediates. Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1965).伍德沃德, 罗伯特·彭斯（1917-1979, 美国有机化学家; 是合成奎宁、胆固醇、叶绿素、维生素 B12的第一人, 并与波兰出生的美籍化学家罗纳德·霍夫曼［生于1937］ 共同发现了控制周期中间体重排反应过程的对称原则; 1965年获诺贝尔化学奖）。