Michael P. Cava
Michael Patrick Cava (born February 13, 1926 in Brooklyn - † September 29, 2010 ) was an American chemist ( organic chemistry ).
Cava studied at Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in 1946 and at the University of Michigan with a master's degree in 1948 and his doctorate in 1951 under André Samuel Dreiding , who had taken over the supervision of the doctoral thesis after the sudden death of Werner E. Bachmann , with the topic Studies on the degradation of neoergosterol and related substances and was then a post-doctoral student at Harvard with Robert B. Woodward . In 1953 he became an assistant professor and then a professor at Ohio State University , in 1965 at Wayne State University , in 1969 at the University of Pennsylvania and in 1985 at the University of Alabama .
He dealt with organic chemistry of natural products, organic chemistry with sulfur, selenium and tellurium and strained ring systems. He is also known as the co-author of an organic chemistry textbook.
Fonts
- with Allinger , de Jongh , Johnson , Lebel , Stevens : Organische Chemie , 1st edition, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-11-004594-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data from American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004, and obituary notice in the Boston Globe
- ↑ Life data, publications and academic family tree of Michael P. Cava at academictree.org, accessed on January 23, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cava, Michael P. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cava, Michael Patrick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 2010 |