Arthur C. Cope
Arthur Clay Cope (born June 27, 1909 in Dunreith , Indiana , USA , † June 4, 1966 in Washington, DC ) was an American chemist and professor of organic chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge .
Cope was at the 1932 University of Wisconsin-Madison with Samuel M. McElvain with the theme The synthesis of local anesthetics Containing various phenylalkyl groups: vinylethyl malonic ester and the cleavage of Certain substituiertem malonic ester with sodium ethoxide Ph.D.
His field of work was preparative organic chemistry, especially elimination and condensation reactions . The Cope rearrangement and the Cope elimination were named after him. Other areas of work were barbiturates and the synthesis of unsaturated esters .
In 1945 Cope was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1947 to the National Academy of Sciences and in 1961 to the American Philosophical Society . The American Chemical Society presents the Arthur C. Cope Award in his honor .
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- John D. Roberts and John C. Sheehan: Arthur Clay Cope . In: Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . 60, 1991, pp. 17-27.
- Entry on Cope, Arthur C .. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on January 2, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of Arthur C. Cope at academictree.org, accessed on January 28, 2018.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cope, Arthur C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cope, Arthur Clay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist and professor of organic chemistry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dunreith |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th June 1966 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |