Zoltan Hajos

Zoltan Hajos
Born
Zoltán György Hajós

(1926-03-03)3 March 1926
Died9 October 2022(2022-10-09) (aged 96)
Budapest, Hungary
NationalityHungarian
American (naturalized)
Alma materTechnical University of Budapest
Known forOrganocatalysis, total synthesis of steroids
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry
InstitutionsHoffmann-La Roche, Johnson & Johnson
Doctoral advisorZoltán Csűrös

Zoltan George Hajos (born Zoltán György Hajós; 3 March 1926 – 9 October 2022) was a Hungarian-American organic chemist. Originally an academic in his native Budapest, then an industrial chemist in the pharmaceutical industry, he is known for the Hajos–Parrish–Eder–Sauer–Wiechert reaction (originally named Hajos-Parrish reaction by Claude Agami in 1985).