Robert H. Crabtree
Robert Howard Crabtree (born April 17, 1948 in London ) is a British - American chemist . He is known for the iridium -based Crabtree catalyst , which is used for hydrogenation, and for his textbook on organometallic chemistry .
life and work
Crabtree studied chemistry at Brighton College between 1959 and 1966 . He received a BA from New College, Oxford in 1970, where he studied with Malcolm Green . He received his PhD from the University of Sussex in 1973 in the group of Joseph Chatt . This was followed by postdoc stays with Hugh Felkin at the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles in Gif-sur-Yvette near Paris. In 1977, Crabtree accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Yale University . He has been a full professor since 1985.
Crabtree has received numerous awards and honors. In 1981 he became a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation . In 1984 he received the Corday Morgan Medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry . In 2009 he received the American Chemical Society's Green Chemistry Award . In 2011 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , 2017 to the National Academy of Sciences , and 2018 to the Royal Society . In 2013 he received the Centenary Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry .
Individual evidence
- ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Robert H. Crabtree at academictree.org, accessed on 28 January 2018th
- ^ Chemical & Engineering News , February 23, 2009, "2009 ACS National Award Winners," p. 68
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crabtree, Robert H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crabtree, Robert Howard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |