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HENERY-LOGAN, Kenneth Robert (1921 – 2006)

1921 – 2006

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1957 CE

#12633

The total synthesis of penicillin V.

Sheehan and Henery-Logan reported the step by step synthesis of penicillin V (phenoxymethylpenicillin) and the cyclization of the beta lactam ring, key to creation of beta-lactam antibiotics. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for…