[cecilpl]

I'm surprised that it's only MacMillan and List for organocatalysis. There's plenty of others that come to mind, like Jacobsen.

Regarding MacMillan, his student used proline (which opened the whole proline organocatalysis area) and he said he had "no idea why she did that experiment". He definitely guides his students well.

[regitempus]

Can you elaborate on your second paragraph or link to the full story?

[alpineidyll3]

I dealt with the man a fair bit and can say he is widely reviled as a sociopath.