Peter B. Dervan
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Peter B. Dervan is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in bioorganic chemistry, particularly the design of small molecules that recognize and bind specific DNA sequences.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter B. Dervan canonical | 7 |
| Peter Barton Dervan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T620284 — 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: Peter B. Dervan Context triple: [ACS Award in Organic Chemistry, hasRecipient, Peter B. Dervan]
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Samuel J. Danishefsky
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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Stuart L. Schreiber
Stuart L. Schreiber is an influential American chemist renowned for pioneering work in chemical biology and diversity-oriented synthesis, which has profoundly impacted drug discovery and biological research.
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Barry M. Trost
Barry M. Trost is an American organic chemist renowned for pioneering the concept of atom economy and developing highly efficient catalytic reactions in synthetic chemistry.
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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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David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- 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: Peter B. Dervan Target entity description: Peter B. Dervan is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in bioorganic chemistry, particularly the design of small molecules that recognize and bind specific DNA sequences.
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A.
Samuel J. Danishefsky
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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B.
Stuart L. Schreiber
Stuart L. Schreiber is an influential American chemist renowned for pioneering work in chemical biology and diversity-oriented synthesis, which has profoundly impacted drug discovery and biological research.
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C.
Barry M. Trost
Barry M. Trost is an American organic chemist renowned for pioneering the concept of atom economy and developing highly efficient catalytic reactions in synthetic chemistry.
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D.
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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E.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peter B. Dervan Description of subject: Peter B. Dervan is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in bioorganic chemistry, particularly the design of small molecules that recognize and bind specific DNA sequences.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Peter B. Dervan
Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology
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