WORLDKINGS - On This Day - June 27, 2018 - Chlorophyll “a” was first synthesized by Robert Burns Woodward in 1960
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(Worldkings.org) American chemist who is best known for his syntheses of complex organic substances, including quinine, the well-known antimalarial (1944), the steroids cholesterol and cortisone (1951), and vitamin B12 (1971).