Leslie Crombie
Leslie Crombie (born June 10, 1923 in York , † August 3, 1999 ) was an English chemist ( organic chemistry ).
Crombie came from an impoverished family and went to school in Portsmouth . In 1940 he became an assistant in an analytical chemistry laboratory in Portsmouth, where he attended Municipal College. He studied chemistry at King's College London , where he received his PhD from Stanley H. Harper . In 1950 he became a lecturer at Imperial College London under Reginald Patrick Linstead and in 1963 Professor of Organic Chemistry at University College, Cardiff . From 1969 until his retirement in 1988 he was Jesse Boot Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Nottingham .
He dealt with natural product chemistry, for example pyrethrins (natural insecticides).
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society (1973) and the Royal Society of Chemistry . In 1994 he received the Robert Robinson Award .
Gerald Pattenden , who was a post-doctoral student with him in 1966, is one of his students .
Fonts
- with Michael Elliott : Chemistry of Natural Pyrethrins, Advances in Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, Volume 19, 1961, pp. 120-164
- Chemistry and biosynthesis of natural pyrethrins, Pesticide Science, Volume 11, 1980, pp. 102-118
- with Gerald Pattenden, Gerald J. Simmonds: Structural and physical aspects of pyrethrum chemistry, Pesticide Science, Volume 7, 1976, pp. 225-230
literature
- Gerald Pattenden, obituary in Biographical Memoirs Fellows Royal Society,
Individual evidence
- ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Leslie Crombie at academictree.org, accessed on 28 January 2018th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crombie, Leslie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English chemist (organic chemistry) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | York |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 1999 |