Ferdinand Bohlmann

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Ferdinand Bohlmann
Born28 August 1921 (1921-08-28)
Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Died23 September 1991 (1991-09-24) (aged 70)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry

Ferdinand Bohlmann ( 28 August 1921 - 23 September 1991) was a German chemist, known for his studies of plant natural products chemistry, especially terpenoids and polyynes.

Life[edit]

Bohlmann studied chemistry in Göttingen from 1939 to 1944 . His studies were interrupted by military service and injury. In 1946 he received his doctorate under Hans Brockmann (1903–1988) on chromatography of pyridine compounds.[1] He then worked under Hans Herloff Inhoffen at the University of Marburg. Bohlmann followed Inhoffen to the TH Braunschweig and completed his habilitation there. Bohlmann became a lecturer in 1952 and an adjunct professor in 1957. In 1959 he succeeded Friedrich Weygand at the TU Berlin (1911–1969) at the Institute for Organic Chemistry, where he led a rapidly expanding working group. His most famous academic student is Helmut Schwarz.

Bohlmann died on 23 September 1991.[2]

Work[edit]

Bohlmann's main area of work was natural products chemistry, especially terpenes and polyynes.[2] These were mainly isolated from plants of the Asteraceae family, (formerly Compositae), and their structure was elucidated. Bohlmann also worked on the characterization of quinolizidine alkaloids.[2] Bohlmann's list of publications includes around 1300 publications.[2] His collaboration with the biodiversity informatics working group at the Berlin Botanical Garden resulted in a system with which the chemical substances of the Compositae were made accessible in a database, the "Bohlmann Files". The Bohlmann-Rahtz pyridine synthesis is named after Bohlmann and Dieter Rahtz.

Honors[edit]

In 1954, he received the lecturer prize of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie. In 1958 he was awarded the Göttingen Academy Prize. The Bohlmann Lecture series was established in his honor in 1989 at the Institute for Chemistry at the TU Berlin. From 2004 to 2018 this event was funded by the Schering Foundation.[2] Since 2019 the event has been carried out in cooperation with Bayer AG.[3]

Bohlmann lecture
Guest Year Title of talk Institution Country
Albert Eschenmoser 1989 Why not hexose nucleic acids? ETH Zürich Switzerland
Meinhart H. Zenk 1990 Why do plants have to be virtuoso chemists? LMU München Germany
Elias James Corey 1991 New Developments in the Field of Steroids Harvard University United States
Duilio Arigoni 1992 Synthesis and detection of chiral t-butyl groups ETH Zürich Switzerland
Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou 1993 Chemistry and Biology of the Enediyne Anticancer Antibiotics UCSD United States
Koji Nakanishi 1994 Lessons from Nature Columbia University United States
Jean-Marie Lehn 1995 Supramolecular Chemistry : Concepts and Recipes Collège de France France
Ekkehard Winterfeldt 1996 Natural product synthesis : experimental challenge, intellectual game, chemical treasure trove Leibniz Universität Hannover Germany
Yoshito Kishi 1997 Stereochemistry Assignment by Organic Synthesis Harvard University United States
Jack E. Baldwin 1998 How old is Penicillin University of Oxford United Kingdom
Ryoji Noyori 1999 Asymmetric Catalysis: Science and Opportunities Nagoya University Japan
Dieter Seebach 2000 A trip into the world of β-proteins ETH Zürich Switzerland
George Whitesides 2001 Polyvalency in Biochemistry Harvard University United States
Samuel J. Danishefsky 2002 On the Awesome Power of Chemical Synthesis Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center United States
Peter B. Dervan 2003 Molecular Recognition of DNA by Small Molecules California Institute of Technology United States
Manfred T. Reetz 2004 Directed Evolution of Enantioselective Enzymes Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Germany
Christopher T. Walsh 2005 Tailoring of Natural Products by Biosynthetic Halogenations Harvard Medical School United States
Robert H. Grubbs 2006 Olefin Metathesis: from Fundamental Science to Applications California Institute of Technology United States
Aaron Ciechanover 2007 The Ubiquitin System – From Bench to Bedside Technion Israel
Richard R. Schrock 2008 Monoalkoxide Monopyrrolide Olefin Metathesis Catalysts of Molybdenum Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States
Gerhard Ertl 2009 Elementary Steps in Heterogeneous Catalysis Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society Germany
Ada E. Yonath 2010 The amazing ribosome, its tiny enemies and hints of its origin Weizmann Institute of Science Israel
Ei-ichi Negishi 2011 Magical Power of Transition Metals: Past, Present, and Future[3] Purdue University United States
David MacMillan 2012 New Catalysis Concepts Princeton University United States
David Milstein 2013 Discovery of Metal-Catalyzed Reactions for Sustainable Chemistry Weizmann Institute of Science Israel
François Diederich 2014 New acetylene and cumulene chemistry: from optoelectronic and chiroptical molecular materials to supramolecular systems ETH Zürich Netherlands
Phil Baran 2015 Studies in Natural Product Synthesis The Scripps Research Institute United States
Frances Arnold 2016 Innovating with Evolution: Expanding the Enzyme Universe California Institute of Technology United States
Alois Fürstner 2017 Catalysis for Synthesis – Concepts and Scrutiny Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Germany
Ben L. Feringa 2018 The Art of Building Small − from Molecular Switches to Motors Stratingh Institute for Chemistry Netherlands
Hiroaki Suga 2019 Revolutionizing the discovery processes of de novo bioactive peptides and biologics University of Tokyo Japan

Bibliography[edit]

  • Bohlmann, F., Burkhardt, T., & Zdero, C. (1973). Naturally Occurring Acetylenes. Academic Press.
  • Seaman, F., Bohlmann, F., Zdero, C., & Mabry, T. J. (2012). Diterpenes of Flowering Plants: Compositae (Asteraceae). Springer Science & Business Media.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Winterfeldt, E. 1994. Ferdinand Bohlmann (1921–1991) und sein wissenschaftliches Werk. Liebigs Annalen der Chemie 1994:I–XXXIV.
  2. ^ a b c d e Harborne, J. n.d. Ferdinand Bohlmann 1921–1991. Phytochemistry.
  3. ^ a b Ei-ichi Negishi: Nobel Lecture: Magical Power of Transition Metals: Past, Present, and Future. auf nobelprize.org.

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