Alan R. Battersby, English chemist and academic (died 2018)

Alan R. Battersby

English organic chemist (1925–2018)

Sir Alan Rushton Battersby (4 March 1925 – 10 February 2018) was an English organic chemist best known for his work to define the chemical intermediates in the biosynthetic pathway to vitamin B12 and the reaction mechanisms of the enzymes involved. His research group was also…