George Büchi
Swiss organic chemist (1921–1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Hermann Büchi (August 1, 1921 – August 28, 1998) was a Swiss organic chemist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Paternò's reaction", known since the early twentieth century,[1] was renamed to the "Paternò–Büchi reaction" based on enhancements made to it by Büchi's research group.[2]
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George Büchi | |
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Born | (1921-08-01)August 1, 1921 Baden, Switzerland |
Died | August 28, 1998(1998-08-28) (aged 77) Switzerland |
Alma mater | ETH Zürich |
Awards | Ernest Guenther Award (1958) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Organic chemistry |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Thesis | Beitrag zur Konstitutionsaufklärung des Breins (1949) |
Doctoral advisor | Leopold Ružička |
Doctoral students | Edward M. Burgess |
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Büchi died at the age of 77 of heart failure while hiking with his wife in Switzerland.[3][4]