Gordon William Kirby

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Gordon William Kirby (born June 20, 1934 , Wallasey , Cheshire ; † May 6, 2011 ) succeeded Ralph Raphael from 1972 to 1997 as Regius Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow .

Life

Kirby was born on June 20, 1934, the son of William Admiral Kirby and his wife, Frances Teresa Kirby, née Townson. He studied chemistry at Gonville and Caius College of the University of Cambridge . In 1955 he achieved his Bachelor (BA) over MA to D.Sc., 1958. He moved to Imperial College London , where he lectured from 1958 to 1967. In 1967 he was appointed professor of organic chemistry at Loughborough University in Loughborough . In 1972 he was appointed Regius Professor at the University of Glasgow.

honors and awards

In 1956, Kirby won the Schuldham Plate postgraduate prize from Gonville and Caius College. In 1969 he was awarded the Corday Morgan Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry and in 1974 the Tilden Lectureship of the Royal Society. In 1975 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

research

Kirby specialized in organic chemistry, where he studied the reactivity and properties of organic nitrogen compounds.

Fonts (selection)

  • (1973) Microwave spectrum and structure of nitrosyl cyanide (with R. Dickinson, JG Sweeny and JK Tyler)
  • (1980) Formation of a bridged peroxide from thebaine and tetranitromethane; X-ray crystal structure of 8?, 10? -Epidioxy-8,14-dihydro-14? -Nitrothebaine (with Robert M. Allen, Chris J. Gilmore and David J. McDougall)
  • (1984) Transformation of thiosulphonates into? -Sulphonyldisulphides, a new class of thioaldehyde precursors (with Alistair Lochead and Gary Sheldrake)
  • (1990) ChemInform Abstract: Stereochemistry of Enzymic Cyclization of 3-Methyl-cis, cis-muconic Acid to Form 3- and 4-Methylmuconolactone. (with RB Cain and GV Rao)
  • (1993) Thioaldehydes in Synthesis
  • (1994) Isolation and identification of two novel butenolides as products of dimethylbenzoate metabolism by Rhodococcus rhodochrous N75 (with Stefan Schmidt, RB Cain and GV Rao)
  • (1997) Biosynthesis of a cyclic tautomer of (3-methylmaleyl) acetone from 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylbenzoate by Pseudomonas sp. HH35 but not by Rhodococcus rhodochrous N75 (with RB Cain, P. Fortnagel, S. Hebenbrock and Stefan Schmidt)
  • (1999) Cyclodimerization of the 4-oxo derivative of Pummerer's ketone (with Sandhiya Jayakumar; RS Kumar and Mohinder P. Mahajan)
  • (2001) Dioxygenative cleavage of C-methylated hydroquinones and 2,6-dichlorohydroquinone by Pseudomonas sp HH35 (with Stefan Schmidt)
  • (2010) ChemInform Abstract: α-Alkylation of the Diels-Alder Cycloadducts of the Thioaldehyde, Ethyl Thioxoacetate. (with Mohinder P. Mahajan and Mohammad S. Rahman)
  • (2010) ChemInform Abstract: Stereochemistry of the Enzymic Lactonization of cis, cis-Muconic and 3- Methyl-cis, cis-muconic Acid (with B. Chen, V. Raor, B. Cain)

editor

  • Elucidation of organic structures by physical and chemical methods with K. W Bentley
  • 1997, Advances in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products (with W. Herz, RE Moore, W. Steglich and Ch. Tamm)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Scottish Education Department. St. Andrew House, Edinburgh EH1 3DB. In: London Gazette. July 21, 1972, p. 1 , accessed November 17, 2018 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d e unknown: Gordon Kirby. In: University of Glasgow website. May 31, 2011, accessed November 16, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Regius Chair of Chemistry 200th Anniversary Celebration. School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, 25-26 September 2017. In: University of Glasgow website. Retrieved November 16, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Kirby, Gordon William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kirby, Gordon; Kirby GW
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British organic chemist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Wallasey , Cheshire , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 2011