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Sir Robert Robinson, (13 September 1886 – 8 February 1975), won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids.

Early life

He went to school at the Chesterfield Grammar School, the private Fulneck School and the University of Manchester. He was the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University from 1930 and a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.

Robinson Close in the Science Area at Oxford is named after him , as is the Robert Robinson Laboratory at the University of Liverpool.

Work

His synthesis of tropinone, a precursor of cocaine, in 1917 was not only a big step in alkaloid chemistry but also showed that tandem reactions in a one-pot synthesis are capable of forming bicyclic molecules.

He is also known for discovering the strcture of the molecules of Morphine and Penicillin.

References

  • Abraham E. P. (1987). "Sir Robert Robinson and the early history of penicillin". Nat Prod Rep. 4 (1): 41–46.
  • Lord Todd; J. W. Cornforth (1976). "Robert Robinson 13 September 1886 - 8 February 1975". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 22 414–527. .
  • M. D. Saltzman (1987). "The development of Sir Robert Robinson's contributions to theoretical organic chemistry". Nat. Prod. Rep. 4 53–60.

External links

  • Nobel Lecture Some Polycyclic Natural Products from Nobelprize.org website
  • Biography Biography from Nobelprize.org website

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