Eschenmoser
E398757
Eschenmoser is a Swiss surname most notably associated with Albert Eschenmoser, a prominent organic chemist known for his pioneering work in the synthesis of complex natural products and studies on the origin of life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eschenmoser canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3935397 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eschenmoser Context triple: [Albert Eschenmoser, familyName, Eschenmoser]
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A.
Beckmann
Beckmann is a German surname most famously associated with the Expressionist painter Max Beckmann.
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B.
Buchwald–Hartwig amination
The Buchwald–Hartwig amination is a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction that forms carbon–nitrogen bonds by coupling aryl (or vinyl) halides with amines, widely used in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals.
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C.
Zaitsev
Zaitsev is a common Russian surname borne by numerous notable figures, including the famed Soviet World War II sniper Vasily Zaitsev.
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D.
Beilstein
Beilstein is a small historic town in western Germany, known for its medieval architecture and picturesque setting in the Lahn region.
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E.
Barton–McCombie deoxygenation
Barton–McCombie deoxygenation is an organic chemistry reaction that converts alcohols into the corresponding hydrocarbons via radical-mediated removal of the hydroxyl group.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eschenmoser Target entity description: Eschenmoser is a Swiss surname most notably associated with Albert Eschenmoser, a prominent organic chemist known for his pioneering work in the synthesis of complex natural products and studies on the origin of life.
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A.
Beckmann
Beckmann is a German surname most famously associated with the Expressionist painter Max Beckmann.
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B.
Buchwald–Hartwig amination
The Buchwald–Hartwig amination is a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction that forms carbon–nitrogen bonds by coupling aryl (or vinyl) halides with amines, widely used in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals.
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C.
Zaitsev
Zaitsev is a common Russian surname borne by numerous notable figures, including the famed Soviet World War II sniper Vasily Zaitsev.
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D.
Beilstein
Beilstein is a small historic town in western Germany, known for its medieval architecture and picturesque setting in the Lahn region.
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E.
Barton–McCombie deoxygenation
Barton–McCombie deoxygenation is an organic chemistry reaction that converts alcohols into the corresponding hydrocarbons via radical-mediated removal of the hydroxyl group.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chemist
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family name ⓘ organic chemist ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Davy Medal
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Lasker Award ⓘ Wolf Prize in Chemistry ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| employer |
ETH Zurich
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The Scripps Research Institute ⓘ |
| familyName | Eschenmoser ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
natural product synthesis
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organic chemistry ⓘ origin of life studies ⓘ prebiotic chemistry ⓘ |
| givenName | Albert ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Eschenmoser–Claisen rearrangement
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Eschenmoser–Tanabe fragmentation ⓘ pioneering work in the synthesis of complex natural products ⓘ research on alternative nucleic acid backbones ⓘ studies on the origin of life ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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Royal Society ⓘ US National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
linked to:
National Academy of Sciences
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| notableBearer | Albert Eschenmoser ⓘ |
| notableWork | total synthesis of vitamin B12 ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
German-speaking countries
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linked to:
German-speaking Europe
Switzerland ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Eschenmoser Description of subject: Eschenmoser is a Swiss surname most notably associated with Albert Eschenmoser, a prominent organic chemist known for his pioneering work in the synthesis of complex natural products and studies on the origin of life.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Eschenmoser