Reflections on the Life and Works of Sir John W. (‘Kappa’) Cornforth

Meanderings of a Curious Chemist

“…In his youth, he played 12 simultaneous games blindfolded (eight wins, two draws and two losses). 18…”

Sir John Cornforth Memorial Issue

“…[6] Damon Ridley (formerly of The University of Sydney), who worked with Sir John at Sussex, contributes a foreword with narratives and comments on several of Cornforth's publications. [7] Andrew Holmes (the 2015 Cornforth Lecturer at The University of Sydney) and co-workers at The University of Melbourne and Oxford University report a synthesis of highly water-soluble adamantyl phosphoinositide derivatives. [8] Len Lindoy (The University of Sydney) with colleagues Jack Clegg at the University of Queensland, John McMurtrie at Queensland University of Technology, Kate Jolliffe at The University of Sydney, and Kerstin and Karsten Gloe at the Technische Universität Dresden describe selective solvent extraction of silver(I) by tris-pyridyl tripodal ligands, including an X-ray structure of a silver(I) coordination polymer incorporating one such ligand.…”