Robert E. Ireland (1929 – February 4, 2012) was an American chemist and the Thomas Jefferson Chair Professor of chemistry at the University of Virginia. He is known for his textbook Organic Synthesis[1] and his contributions to the Ireland–Claisen rearrangement chemical reaction.[2][3]
Robert E. Ireland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1912 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | February 4, 2012 Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Amherst College (BA) University of Wisconsin (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Michigan, California Institute of Technology, University of Virginia |
| Doctoral advisor | William Summer Johnson |
| Other academic advisors | William Gould Young |
| Doctoral students | David A. Evans |
| Other notable students | Peter Wipf |
Academic career
editIreland earned his A.B. in chemistry in 1951 at Amherst College and earned his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1954 from the University of Wisconsin with William Summer Johnson, and did his postdoctoral work at UCLA with William Gould Young. In 1956, he joined the chemistry department of University of Michigan.[4] In 1965, he became a professor of organic chemistry at the California Institute of Technology. In 1985 he became the director of the Merrell Dow Research Institute in Strasbourg, France. A year later, he became the chair of the chemistry department of University of Virginia.[3][5][6]
Awards and honors
editPersonal life
editIreland was married to wife Margaret and had two sons, Mark and Robert.[3][5]
References
edit- ^ White, J. D. (May 1970). "Organic Synthesis (Ireland, Robert E.)". Journal of Chemical Education (Book review). 47 (5). American Chemical Society (ACS): A391. doi:10.1021/ed047pa391.1.
- ^ McFarland, Christopher M.; McIntosh, Matthias C. (February 2007). "The Ireland–Claisen Rearrangement (1972–2004)". The Claisen Rearrangement: Methods and Applications. Wiley. pp. 117–210. doi:10.1002/9783527610549.ch4. ISBN 9783527610549.
- ^ a b c d Ainsworth, Susan (April 16, 2012). "Robert E. Ireland". Chemical & Engineering News. Vol. 90, no. 16. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ Marshall, James A. (July 2, 2012). "Robert E. Ireland (1929 – 2012)". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51 (27): 6564–6564. doi:10.1002/anie.201203366. ISSN 1433-7851.
- ^ a b c Snodgrass, Dick. "Robert E. Ireland '51". Amherst Magazine. Amherst College. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ Wipf, Peter. "Robert E. Ireland" (PDF). Organic Syntheses. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
External links
edit- "The Career of Robert E. Ireland" (PDF). Baran Lab, Scripps Research. August 22, 2015.