Brice Bosnich Explained

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Brice Bosnich
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Birth Date:	1936 6, df=yes
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Module:	Embed: yes Thesis Title: Substitution at an octahedral metal centre Thesis Url: http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/223126734 Thesis Year: 1962

Brice Michael Bosnich (3 June 1936 – 13 April 2015)^[1] was an Australian inorganic chemist. He gained recognition for the design of complex ligands useful in homogeneous catalysis.^[2]

Education

He graduated from University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1958, and from Australian National University with a PhD in 1962, where he studied with Francis Patrick Dwyer.^[2] Contemporaries included Alan Sargeson.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Career and research

After leaving ANU, he taught at University College London.^[6] He then moved to the University of Toronto, where he remained from 1970 to 1987. Thereafter he became Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor at University of Chicago.^{[7] [8]} After his retirement he became a visiting fellow at his alma mater, Australian National University.^[2]

As an independent scientist at the University of Toronto, he developed a rational approach to chiral diphosphine ligands, the premier member being chiraphos. Unlike previous chiral ligands, the chirality of chiraphos arose from the backbone of the chelate. This concept underpins many of the C2-symmetrical ligands subsequently developed in asymmetric hydrogenation.^{[9] [10] [11]} Other areas of research included hydroacylation catalysis and the development of ligands that mimic the spectroscopic properties of the blue copper proteins.^[12]

After his retirement, Bosnich questioned the Royal Society's position on climate change, which is the scientific consensus on the subject.^[13]

Awards and honours

Bosnich was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2000.^{[14] [15]} His biography reads:

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anon. 2015. Notices 2015. royalsociety.org. London.
2. Crowley. James D.. Jackson. W. Gregory. Wild. S. Bruce. Professor Brice Bosnich, FRS (1936–2015). Australian Journal of Chemistry. 69. 5. 2016. 485. 10.1071/CHv69n5_FO. free.
3. Bosnich . B. . 10.1098/rsbm.2011.0017 . Alan McLeod Sargeson FAA. 13 October 1930 -- 29 December 2008 . . 58 . 265–282 . 2011 . free .
4. Bosnich. B.. Dwyer. F. P.. Sargeson. A. M.. Rate of Ligand Exchange with its Metal Complex by a Polarimetric Method. Nature. 186. 4729. 1960. 966. 10.1038/186966a0. 1960Natur.186..966B. 4224326. free.
5. Bosnich. B.. Bimolecular Substitution in Octahedral Transition Metal Ions, and the Concept of Amphiphilicity. Nature. 196. 4860. 1962. 1196–1197. 10.1038/1961196a0. 1962Natur.196.1196B. 4266781.
6. Web site: The UCL Periodic Table of the Lecturers: Brice Bosnich. University College London.
7. Web site: Chemistry Department – University of Chicago. uchicago.edu.
8. Web site: Faculty receive named, distinguished appointments. uchicago.edu.
9. Fryzuk . M. D. . Bosnich . B. . 1977 . Asymmetric synthesis. Production of optically active amino acids by catalytic hydrogenation . J. Am. Chem. Soc. . 99 . 19 . 6262–6267 . 10.1021/ja00461a014 . 893889.
10. Fryzuk . M. D. . Bosnich . B. . 1978 . Asymmetric synthesis. An asymmetric homogeneous hydrogenation catalyst which breeds its own chirality . J. Am. Chem. Soc. . 100 . 17 . 5491–5494 . 10.1021/ja00485a037 .
11. Fryzuk . M. D. . Bosnich . B. . 1979 . Asymmetric synthesis. Preparation of chiral methyl chiral lactic acid by catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation . J. Am. Chem. Soc. . 101 . 11 . 3043–3049 . 10.1021/ja00505a035 .
12. Amundsen . Alan R. . Whelan . John . Bosnich . B. . 1977 . Biological analogs. Nature of the binding sites of copper-containing proteins . J. Am. Chem. Soc. . 99 . 20. 6730–6739 . 10.1021/ja00462a042 . 893902 .
13. Brice Bosnich. 3 June 1936—13 April 2015. 2019 . The Royal Society. 10.1098/rsbm.2019.0019 . Bennett . Martin A. . Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 67 . 59–87 . 202401571 . free .
14. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160620151645/https://royalsociety.org/people/brice-bosnich-11117/ . 2016-06-20 . Professor Brice Bosnich FRS . royalsociety.org . London . One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
15. Bennett. Martin A.. 2019. Brice Bosnich. 3 June 1936—13 April 2015. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 67. 59–87. 10.1098/rsbm.2019.0019. free.