Charles John Pedersen:
Charles John Pedersen was an American biochemist and Nobel laureate.
Birth:
October 3, 1904 in Pusan, Korea
Death:
October 26, 1989 in Salem, New Jersey
Claim to Fame:
Pedersen was an American biochemist who shares the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Donald Cram and Jean-Marie Lehn for their research and development of host-guest chemistry. Host-guest chemistry is where two or more molecules/ions bond in unique ways due to their structure in other than covalent bonds. Pedersen's work was with the chemistry and synthesis of crown ethers or cyclic polyethers.
