George Büchi

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George Hermann Büchi (born August 1, 1921 in Baden , Switzerland ; † August 28, 1998 , Switzerland) was a Swiss-American chemist and professor of organic chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .

Life

George Büchi was born in Baden, Switzerland. After studying chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and graduating in 1945, he was awarded a D.Sc. in 1947 under Leopold Ružička. PhD at ETH Zurich . He then became a postdoc with Morris S. Kharasch for three years . Here he dealt with the systematic investigation of the chemistry of free radicals under photochemical conditions .

In 1951 he moved after an offer from Arthur C. Cope to the Department of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was Associated Professor in 1956 and Full Professor in 1958. In 1956 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1965 to the National Academy of Sciences .

He retired in 1991. During his active time, he supervised 70 doctoral students and more than 130 postdoc stays.

Büchi was married to Anne Barkman Büchi.

Scientific achievement

Büchi is known for the further development and optimization of the Paternò-Büchi reaction , which was discovered in 1909 by Emanuele Paternò and which bears her name. However, he was active in many areas of organic chemistry. These were especially organic photochemistry, the structure elucidation of natural substances , the synthesis of natural substances, toxicological issues and the development of new synthesis methods. His scientific work resulted in 200 publications.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data, publications and academic family tree of George H. Büchi at academictree.org, accessed on January 22, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Büchi, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Büchi, George Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss-American chemist
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Baden Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1998