In memoriam - Walter Baptist Mors - 1920 - 2008

The Series “Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products”: 75 Years of Service in the Development of Natural Product Chemistry

“…Mors, Magalháes, and Gottlieb took into account that α-pyrones had attracted considerable attention in recent years. Walter Baptist Mors (1920Mors ( -2008, a native of São Paulo, founded the Centro de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais at the University of Brasilia in 1962, promoting a multidisciplinary vision of plant research ( 144 ). Otto Richard Gottlieb (1920Gottlieb ( -2011 Harborne (1928Harborne ( -2002, then from the John Innes Institute, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, discussed in "Anthocyanins and their Sugar Components" the isolation, identifi cation, natural occurrence, and biosynthesis of anthocyanins ( Z146 ).…”

Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 100

“…Mors, Magalháes, and Gottlieb took into account that α-pyrones had attracted considerable attention in recent years. Walter BaptistMors (1920Mors ( -2008, a native of São Paulo, founded the Centro de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais at the University of Brasilia in 1962, promoting a multidisciplinary vision of plant research( 144 ). Otto Richard Gottlieb (1920-2011) was born in Brno, emigrated to Brazil in 1939 and The Series "Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products"… joined the Instituto de Química Agrícola in Rio de Janeiro in 1955, where he pursued his major interest in phytochemistry.…”