He was the first to determine the full structure of chlorophyll (in 1967)[1] and was involved in the development of the synthesis of cyanocobalamin by Robert Burns Woodward.
He is also a prolific author, and has written a number of textbooks, encyclopedia chapters and influential review articles.
[citation needed] Ian Fleming was born August 4, 1935, in Staffordshire and grew up in Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
He has also pioneered the applications of organosilicon chemistry for organic synthesis, especially for the production of chiral molecules, and synthesized the highly stable 8-cycloheptatrienylheptafulvenyl carbocation.
[2] Prof. Fleming has an extensive list of over 200 scientific publications, including major contributions to the chemical encyclopedia "Comprehensive Organic Chemistry", and many influential review articles.