Richmond Sarpong
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Richmond Sarpong is a Ghanaian-born American organic chemist renowned for his work in complex molecule synthesis and as a prominent professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richmond Sarpong canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4039236 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richmond Sarpong Context triple: [Barry M. Trost, notableStudent, Richmond Sarpong]
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A.
Enoch Sontonga
Enoch Sontonga was a South African composer and teacher best known for writing the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika," which later became part of South Africa's national anthem.
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B.
Kenneth Dadzie
Kenneth Dadzie was a distinguished Ghanaian diplomat and international civil servant who served as Secretary-General of UNCTAD and played a key role in global trade and development policy.
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C.
Fredrick de Silva
Fredrick de Silva was a prominent Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Mayor of Kandy and later as Ceylon’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
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D.
Victor Mensah
Victor Mensah is a writer known for his work associated with the Wolverhampton Wanderers football club (Wolves).
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E.
Barrington Henderson
Barrington Henderson is an American R&B and soul singer best known for his tenure as a lead vocalist with the legendary Motown group The Temptations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richmond Sarpong Target entity description: Richmond Sarpong is a Ghanaian-born American organic chemist renowned for his work in complex molecule synthesis and as a prominent professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
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A.
Enoch Sontonga
Enoch Sontonga was a South African composer and teacher best known for writing the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika," which later became part of South Africa's national anthem.
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B.
Kenneth Dadzie
Kenneth Dadzie was a distinguished Ghanaian diplomat and international civil servant who served as Secretary-General of UNCTAD and played a key role in global trade and development policy.
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C.
Fredrick de Silva
Fredrick de Silva was a prominent Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Mayor of Kandy and later as Ceylon’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
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D.
Victor Mensah
Victor Mensah is a writer known for his work associated with the Wolverhampton Wanderers football club (Wolves).
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E.
Barrington Henderson
Barrington Henderson is an American R&B and soul singer best known for his tenure as a lead vocalist with the legendary Motown group The Temptations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ghanaian American
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chemist ⓘ organic chemist ⓘ person ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Martin F. Semmelhack ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACS Cope Scholar Award
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Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator ⓘ
surface form:
ACS Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ Royal Society of Chemistry Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ghana
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United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralDegree | PhD in chemistry ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Macalester College
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Princeton University ⓘ |
| emigration | emigrated from Ghana to the United States ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ghanaian ⓘ |
| familyName | Sarpong ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
C–C bond activation
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complex molecule synthesis ⓘ natural product synthesis ⓘ organic chemistry ⓘ total synthesis ⓘ transition metal catalysis ⓘ |
| givenName | Richmond ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank | full professor ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Chemical Society
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Royal Society of Chemistry ⓘ |
| name | Richmond Sarpong self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for diversity and inclusion in chemistry
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development of strategies for C–C bond activation ⓘ methodology for skeletal editing of organic molecules ⓘ synthesis of complex natural products ⓘ |
| notableStudent | organic chemistry graduate students at UC Berkeley ⓘ |
| occupation |
organic chemist
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professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ghana ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| postdoctoralAdvisor | Brian M. Stoltz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
catalysis
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natural product total synthesis ⓘ reaction mechanism ⓘ |
| residence |
Berkeley, California, United States
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surface form:
Berkeley, California
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| workplace |
UC Berkeley College of Chemistry
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surface form:
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
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Referenced by (3)
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