Donald Cram Quotes About Chemistry

• Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. Evolution has produced chemical compounds exquisitely organized to accomplish the most complicated and delicate of tasks. Many organic chemists viewing crystal structures of enzyme systems or nucleic acids and knowing the marvels of specificity of the immune systems must dream of designing and synthesizing simpler organic compounds that imitate working features of these naturally occurring compounds.

  Donald Cram

  Dream, Science, Knowing

• Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired.

  Donald Cram

  Levels, Chemistry, Inspired

  Donald J. Cram (1990). “From Design to Discover :”, Amer Chemical Society

• To retain my fascination with chemistry, I have had to change my research fields about every 10 years.

  Donald Cram

  Change, Years, Fascination

• I have always felt that I understood a phenomenon only to the extent that I could visualise it. Much of the charm organic chemical research has for me derives from structural formulae. When reading chemical journals, I look for formulae first.

  Donald Cram

  Reading, Firsts, Looks

  Donald J. Cram (1990). “From Design to Discover :”, Amer Chemical Society

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