Robert Burns Woodward是著名的天然有机化学大师。简单介绍Woodward教授生平，回顾他的主要研究成就，尤其在天然产物化学领域的卓越贡献，其中包括天然产物全合成、利用各种光谱手段进行天然产物结构鉴定、化学理论研究、生物合成研究等。谨以此纪念这位20世纪最伟大的有机化学家100周年诞辰。

Robert Burns Woodward was a well-known natural organic chemist. This paper reviewed the work and his contribution to the development of natural product chemistry and total synthesis of natural products including spectroscopic methods such as UV, IR, and NMR, the Octant Rule, structure elucidation and total synthesis of natural products, theory study, biogenesis, et al. This is one of the series papers about historical story on natural medicinal chemistry, which was dedicated to Robert Burns Woodward on the occasion of his 100^th birthday.

河北医科大学教育科学研究重点课题资助项目（2012yb-19，2014yb-21，2016yb-9）；2016年河北医科大学校内科研发展基金（kyfz111）；河北省中医药管理局计划项目（2015021，2015113）；河北省教育厅科技项目（QN2015249）；国家青年自然科学基金（81602978）