Edward M. Burgess

Edward Meredith Burgess (2001)

Edward Meredith Burgess (born June 8, 1934 in Birmingham (Alabama) - † June 24, 2018 in St. Augustine (Florida) ) was an American chemist .

Life

Edward Meredith Burgess attended Shades Valley High School in Birmingham, where he was awarded the Science School Prize when he graduated in 1951. During the summer vacation of his high school years, he worked at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he was in charge of routine work in the Department of Biochemistry . It was at this time that his career in chemical research began . Under the direction of the renowned chemist William Ward Pigman , he worked on his own research project “ Anhydrous Reaction of Nitrogen Dioxide with some Selected Sugars. ”

1952 Burgess became a scholarship of NROTC awarded and he enrolled at Auburn University in chemistry and physics one. During his student days he carried out research in the laboratory of chemist Frank Stevens, where he deals with the synthesis of useful indole derivatives employed that the plant growth should regulate. In addition, he worked in the laboratory of the physicist Howard Carr on the construction of a mass spectrometer . In 1956 he successfully completed his Bachelor of Science and then served until 1959 as a naval officer in the US Navy on the USS Stormes (DD-780) - a ship that belonged to both the United States Atlantic Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet .

Subsequently, Burgess specialized in synthetic organic chemistry with emphasis on methodology and photochemistry and worked in the working group of George Buchi at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 1962 he received his PhD in organic chemistry from MIT. From 1962 to 1964 he was an instructor at Yale University . In 1964 he became an Assistant Professor, then an Associate Professor, and in 1974 Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology .

In addition, he was head of the organic department at the American Chemical Society from 1974 to 1977 and in 1976 accompanied Anthony Joseph Arduengo III as a doctoral supervisor .

He married in 1957 and had two children.

research

Structural formula of the Burgess reagent

Burgess is best known for the synthesis of the Burgess reagent methyl N - (triethylammonium sulfonyl) carbamate. He worked on organic photochemistry and the synthesis of heterocycles with small rings and new functional groups.

His interest in photochemistry and synthetic methodology mark many of his contributions to chemistry. Also in his doctoral thesis Photochemical isomerization of eucarvone and cyclooctatrienone; Studies toward the synthesis of samandarin shows this interest. In addition to his publications with Professor George Büchi and his doctoral thesis, Burgess independently published a paper on the epoxidation of cholestdienone.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Larry Burgess: Edward M. Burgess , Chem. Eng. News 96 (41), 2018, p. 34.
2. ↑ George M. Atkins, Edward M. Burgess: The reactions of an N-sulfonylamine inner salt . In: Journal of the American Chemical Society . tape 90 , no. 17 , 1968, p. 4744-4745 , doi : 10.1021 / ja01019a052 .
3. ^ Edward M. Burgess, Harold R. Penton, EA Taylor: Thermal reactions of alkyl N-carbomethoxysulfamate esters . In: The Journal of Organic Chemistry . tape 38 , no. 1 , 1973, p. 26-31 , doi : 10.1021 / jo00941a006 .
4. ↑ Pamela Kalte u. a. American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
5. ^ ACS Organic Division Archive. Retrieved April 12, 2019 (American English). 
6. ↑ AJ ARDUENGO, EM BURGESS: ChemInform Abstract: SYNTHESES AND REACTIONS OF SUBSTITUENT STABILIZED THIONE METHYLIDES . In: Chemical Information Service . tape 7 , no. 44 , November 2, 1976, doi : 10.1002 / chin . 197644136 .
7. ^ Entry in American men and women of science , Thomson Gale 2004.
8. ^ Edward M. Burgess (1962), Photochemical isomerization of eucarvone and cyclooctatrienone; Studies toward the synthesis of samandarin. Ph.D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Online catalog entry. Retrieved April 12, 2019 . 
9. ^ G. Büchi, Edward M. Burgess: Photochemical Reactions. IX. 1 Isomerization of Eucarvone . In: Journal of the American Chemical Society . tape 82 , no. 16 , 1960, pp. 4333-4337 , doi : 10.1021 / ja01501a052 .
10. ^ G. Büchi, Edward M. Burgess: Photochemical Reactions. X. 1,2 Experiments with 1,3,5-Cyclooctatrien-7-ones and Cyclooctatetraene Epoxides . In: Journal of the American Chemical Society . tape 84 , no. 16 , 1962, pp. 3104-3109 , doi : 10.1021 / ja00875a014 .
11. ↑ Edward M. Burgess: 4,5β-Epoxycholest-1-en-3-one . In: The Journal of Organic Chemistry . tape 27 , no. 4 , 1962, pp. 1433-1434 , doi : 10.1021 / jo01051a501 .