T. Ross Kelly

Molecular engine by Kelly and co-workers

Thomas Ross Kelly , quoted from T. Ross Kelly, (born April 26, 1942 in New York City ) is an American chemist ( organic chemistry ). He is known for his pioneering work in synthetic molecular motors and molecular machines in nanotechnology .

Kelly received in 1964 his bachelor's degree from Holy Cross College and was on the 1968 University of California, Berkeley in Clayton Heathcock working Studies directed toward the total synthesis of eudesmane and eremophilanes sesquiterpenoid doctorate and worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Brandeis University . In 1969 he became an assistant professor at Boston College. He has been the Thomas A. and Margaret A. Vanderslice Professor of Chemistry at Boston College since 1989 .

In 1999 he published in Nature about a molecular motor, a reaction sequence with a 120 degree rotation of a molecule. Unfortunately, they could not generate a repetitive movement from this (with full rotation and external drive). At the same time, Ben Feringa published a light-powered molecular motor with 360 degrees rotation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016 .

In addition to his research on molecular machines, Kelly deals with the total synthesis of natural products and the synthesis of functionally interesting molecules, for example as templates , receptors or catalysts .

One name reaction, the Stille-Kelly coupling , is named after him and John Kenneth Stille .

In 1996 he became an Arthur C. Cope Scholar. From 1975 to 1980 he received a National Institutes of Health Career Development Award.

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as editor: Molecular Machines , Topics in Current Chemistry 262, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2005
T. Ross Kelly, Eric L. Elliott, Rimma Lebedev, Jaione Pagalday: Synthesis of the Pyrazolo [4,3- e ] [1,2,4] triazine Family of Natural Products: Nostocine A, Fluviol A, and Pseudoiodinine . In: Journal of the American Chemical Society . tape 128 , no. May 17 , 2006, pp. 5646 , doi : 10.1021 / ja060937l .

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Individual evidence

↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004
^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of T. Ross Kelly at academictree.org, accessed on February 15, 2018.
↑ T. Ross Kelly, Harshani De Silva, Richard A. Silva: Unidirectional rotary motion in a molecular system . In: Nature . tape 401 , no. 6749 , September 1999, p. 150-152 , doi : 10.1038 / 43639 .
↑ Ben L. Feringa, Nagatoshi Koumura, Robert WJ Zijlstra, Richard A. van Delden, Nobuyuki Harada: Light-driven monodirectional molecular rotor . In: Nature . tape 401 , no. 6749 , 1999, pp. 152-155 , doi : 10.1038 / 43646 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kelly, T. Ross
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kelly, Thomas Ross (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American Chemist (Organic Chemistry)
DATE OF BIRTH	April 26, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City

[1] Life data according to American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004

[2] Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of T. Ross Kelly at academictree.org, accessed on February 15, 2018.

[3] T. Ross Kelly, Harshani De Silva, Richard A. Silva: Unidirectional rotary motion in a molecular system . In: Nature . tape 401 , no. 6749 , September 1999, p. 150-152 , doi : 10.1038 / 43639 .

[4] Ben L. Feringa, Nagatoshi Koumura, Robert WJ Zijlstra, Richard A. van Delden, Nobuyuki Harada: Light-driven monodirectional molecular rotor . In: Nature . tape 401 , no. 6749 , 1999, pp. 152-155 , doi : 10.1038 / 43646 .