George Büchi

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George Büchi
Born	(1921-08-01)August 1, 1921
Died	August 28, 1998(1998-08-28) (aged 77)
Fields	Organic chemistry
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alma mater	ETH Zürich
Thesis	Beitrag zur Konstitutionsaufklärung des Breins (1949)
Doctoral advisor	Leopold Ružička
Doctoral students	Edward M. Burgess

George Hermann Büchi (August 1, 1921 – August 28, 1998) was 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 enhancements made to it by Büchi's research group.^[2]

References

↑ E. Paterno, G. Chieffi (1909). ".". Gazz. Chim. Ital. 39: 341.
↑ G. Büchi, Charles G. Inman, and E. S. Lipinsky (1954). "Light-catalyzed Organic Reactions. I. The Reaction of Carbonyl Compounds with 2-Methyl-2-butene in the Presence of Ultraviolet Light". Journal of the American Chemical Society 76 (17): 4327–4331. doi:10.1021/ja01646a024.

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Persondata
Name	Buchi, George
Alternative names
Short description	Organic chemist
Date of birth	August 1, 1921
Place of birth
Date of death	August 28, 1998
Place of death

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