Samuel J. Danishefsky
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Samuel J. Danishefsky is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in complex natural product synthesis and contributions to medicinal chemistry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel J. Danishefsky canonical | 6 |
| Danishefsky diene | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T620272 — 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: Samuel J. Danishefsky Context triple: [ACS Award in Organic Chemistry, hasRecipient, Samuel J. Danishefsky]
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A.
Stephen L. Buchwald
Stephen L. Buchwald is an American chemist renowned for pioneering palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions that revolutionized modern organic synthesis and pharmaceutical chemistry.
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B.
Elias J. Corey
Elias J. Corey is a Nobel Prize–winning American chemist renowned for pioneering the field of retrosynthetic analysis and revolutionizing modern organic synthesis.
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C.
Michael P. Brenner
Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
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D.
Eli Yablonovitch
Eli Yablonovitch is an American physicist and engineer renowned as a pioneer of photonic crystals and a leading figure in the field of photonics and optoelectronics.
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E.
Robert Upshur Woodward
Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
- 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: Samuel J. Danishefsky Target entity description: Samuel J. Danishefsky is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in complex natural product synthesis and contributions to medicinal chemistry.
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A.
Stephen L. Buchwald
Stephen L. Buchwald is an American chemist renowned for pioneering palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions that revolutionized modern organic synthesis and pharmaceutical chemistry.
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B.
Elias J. Corey
Elias J. Corey is a Nobel Prize–winning American chemist renowned for pioneering the field of retrosynthetic analysis and revolutionizing modern organic synthesis.
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C.
Michael P. Brenner
Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
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D.
Eli Yablonovitch
Eli Yablonovitch is an American physicist and engineer renowned as a pioneer of photonic crystals and a leading figure in the field of photonics and optoelectronics.
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E.
Robert Upshur Woodward
Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American chemist
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academic ⓘ chemist ⓘ organic chemist ⓘ person ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
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Arthur C. Cope Award ⓘ
linked to:
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry ⓘ Wolf Prize in Chemistry ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia University
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
carbohydrate chemistry
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medicinal chemistry ⓘ natural product synthesis ⓘ organic chemistry ⓘ synthetic methodology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | PhD in chemistry ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
anticancer drug development
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carbohydrate-based vaccines ⓘ complex molecule synthesis ⓘ reaction design in organic chemistry ⓘ |
| influenced |
applications of synthetic chemistry to oncology
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development of modern strategies for total synthesis ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Danishefsky diene
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linked to:
Samuel J. Danishefsky
applications of organic synthesis to medicinal chemistry ⓘ development of new synthetic methods ⓘ pioneering work in carbohydrate-based vaccines ⓘ synthesis of anticancer agents ⓘ total synthesis of complex natural products ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| notableWork |
Danishefsky diene
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linked to:
Samuel J. Danishefsky
total synthesis of calicheamicin ⓘ total synthesis of epothilones ⓘ total synthesis of erythronolide B ⓘ total synthesis of taxol ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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professor of chemistry at Columbia University ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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Subject: Samuel J. Danishefsky Description of subject: Samuel J. Danishefsky is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in complex natural product synthesis and contributions to medicinal chemistry.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Samuel J. Danishefsky
linked to: Samuel J. Danishefsky