Stephen L. Buchwald American chemist Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-L-Buchwald Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-L-Buchwald Also known as: Stephen Leffler Buchwald Written by Erik Gregersen Erik Gregersen is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, specializing in the physical sciences and technology. Before joining Britannica in 2007, he worked at the University of Chicago Press on the... Erik Gregersen Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Aug 5, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents In full: Stephen Leffler Buchwald (Show more) Born: 1955, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. (Show more) Stephen L. Buchwald (born 1955, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.) is an American chemist known for his work in organic synthesis. Buchwald received a bachelor’s degree from Brown University in 1977, and a doctorate in chemistry from Harvard University in 1982. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology before he joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an assistant professor in 1984. He became a full professor in 1993. Buchwald’s advances in organic synthesis came from extending the work of American chemist Richard F. Heck and Japanese chemists Negishi Ei-ichi and Suzuki Akira. In 1968 ...(100 of 351 words)

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