Virgil Boekelheide
Virgil Boekelheide (born July 28, 1919 in Chelsea (South Dakota) , † September 24, 2003 in Eugene (Oregon) ) was an American chemist and university professor.
After attending school, he studied at Dakota Wesleyan University and wrote his dissertation ( A study of the reaction between aromatic diazonium compounds and α, β-unsaturated compounds ) with C. Frederick Koelsch at the University of Minnesota , where he received his doctorate in 1943 .
Boekelheide embarked on an academic career. He moved to the University of Illinois and then went to the University of Rochester in 1946. From there he moved to the University of Oregon in 1960, where he researched and taught until his retirement. In 1958 he became a Sloan Research Fellow . In 1962 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences .
Boekelheide dealt with the chemistry of alkaloids and later with the synthesis of unusual chemical structures, especially in the area of aromatic compounds and annulenes . He made a fundamental contribution to the knowledge of these compound classes.
The Boekelheide rearrangement he discovered bears his name.
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- Organic Synthesis: Boekelheide ( Memento of May 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Obituary, English; PDF; 378 kB)
- thefreelibrary.com: OBITUARIES (obituary, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Virgil Boekelheide at academictree.org, accessed on 7 January 2018th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boekelheide, Virgil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chelsea, South Dakota |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 2003 |
| Place of death | Eugene (Oregon) |