John Kenneth silence
John Kenneth Stille (born May 8, 1930 in Tucson , † July 19, 1989 in Sioux City , Iowa ) was an American chemist who dealt with the synthetic organic chemistry of polymers.
Life
Stille studied at the University of Arizona up to a master’s degree, served in the US Navy in the Korean War and then received his doctorate from Carl Marvel at the University of Illinois . From 1957 he was at the University of Iowa and from 1977 professor at Colorado State University . There he developed the Stille coupling with his post-doctoral student David Milstein . It is one of the prime examples of palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling in organic chemistry, for which Akira Suzuki , Richard F. Heck and Ei-ichi Negishi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2010.
In 1982 Stille received the ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry .
He died in 1989 as a passenger in the forced landing of United Airlines Flight 232 in Sioux City.
Stille had been married since 1958 and had two children.
literature
- In memory of John Kenneth Stille , Macromolecules, 29, 1990, No. 9, doi : 10.1021 / ma00211a001 (first page)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Silence, John Kenneth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tucson |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1989 |
| Place of death | Sioux City |