Dieter Enders (17 March 1946 – 29 June 2019) was a German

organic chemist Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.Clayden, J. ...

who did work developing

asymmetric synthesis Enantioselective synthesis, also called asymmetric synthesis, is a form of chemical synthesis. It is defined by IUPAC as "a chemical reaction (or reaction sequence) in which one or more new elements of chirality are formed in a substrate molecu ...

, in particular using modified

proline Proline (symbol Pro or P) is an organic acid classed as a proteinogenic amino acid (used in the biosynthesis of proteins), although it does not contain the amino group but is rather a secondary amine. The secondary amine nitrogen is in the p ...

s as

chiral auxiliaries In stereochemistry, a chiral auxiliary is a Stereogenic center, stereogenic group or unit that is temporarily incorporated into an organic compound in order to control the stereochemical outcome of the synthesis. The chirality present in the auxil ...

.
The most widely applied of his chiral auxiliaries are the complementary SAMP and RAMP auxiliaries, which allow for asymmetric alpha-alkylation of aldehydes and ketones. In 1974 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Gießen studying under

Dieter Seebach 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 th ...

and followed this with a postdoc at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

studying with

Elias James Corey Elias James Corey (born July 12, 1928) is an American organic chemist. In 1990, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis", specifically retrosynthetic analysis. Regarded by many a ...

. He then moved back to Gießen to obtain his Habilitation in 1979, whereupon he became a lecturer, soon obtaining Professorship in 1980 as Professor of Organic Chemistry at

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

. In 1985 he moved to Aachen, where he was Full Professor of Organic Chemistry and Director. He was

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

of Synthesis and was on the advisory boards of many other journals including Letters in Organic Chemistry and

SynLett ''Synlett'' is an international scientific journal for accounts and rapid communications of original contributions of fundamental research in synthetic organic chemistry. The impact factor of this journal is 2.419 (2017). ''Nature'' featured a br ...

.
During his career he won many awards, including: * 1993 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft * 1995 Yamada Award, Japan * 2000 Max-Planck-Forschungspreis for Chemistry * 2002 Emil-Fischer-Medaille of the GDCh * 2014

Ryoji Noyori Prize The Ryoji Noyori Prize was established by the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan in 2002 to commemorate Ryōji Noyori winning the 101st Nobel Prize in Chemistry as well as the 60th anniversary of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistr ...

, Japan

External links

Dieter Enders Home Page

Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Dieter Enders
{{DEFAULTSORT:Enders, Dieter 1946 births 2019 deaths University of Giessen alumni Harvard University alumni Academic staff of the University of Bonn 20th-century German chemists Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners Academic staff of RWTH Aachen University Organic chemists 21st-century German chemists