Donald J. Cram

Donald James Cram
BornApril 22, 1919
DiedJune 17, 2001 (aged 82)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRollins College (BS)
University of Nebraska (MS)
Harvard University (PhD)
Known forCram's rule
Host–guest chemistry
phenonium ions
paracyclophanes
AwardsNobel Prize in Chemistry (1987)
Glenn T. Seaborg Medal (1989)
National Medal of Science (1993)
Guggenheim fellowship (1955)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUCLA, Merck & Co, MIT
Theses
Doctoral advisorLouis Fieser
Doctoral studentsM. Frederick Hawthorne
Norman L. Allinger

Donald James Cram (April 22, 1919 – June 17, 2001) was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity." They were the founders of the field of host–guest chemistry.

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