George Büchi Explained

George Büchi
Birth Date:	August 1, 1921
Birth Place:	Baden, Switzerland
Death Place:	Switzerland
Fields:	Organic chemistry
Workplaces:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alma Mater:	ETH Zürich
Thesis Title:	Beitrag zur Konstitutionsaufklärung des Breins
Thesis Url:	https://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-000096534
Thesis Year:	1949
Doctoral Advisor:	Leopold Ružička
Doctoral Students:	Edward M. Burgess

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]

Büchi died at the age of 77 of heart failure while hiking with his wife in Switzerland.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. E. . Paterno . G. . Chieffi . . 39 . 2 . 341–361 . 1909 . Synthesis in organic chemistry using light. Note II. Compounds of unsaturated hydrocarbons with aldehydes and ketones..
2. Light-catalyzed Organic Reactions. I. The Reaction of Carbonyl Compounds with 2-Methyl-2-butene in the Presence of Ultraviolet Light. G. Büchi . Charles G. Inman . E. S. Lipinsky . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 76 . 17. 4327–4331 . 1954. 10.1021/ja01646a024 .
3. Book: Biographical Memoirs. 10.17226/10169. 2001. 978-0-309-07572-5.
4. News: George H. Buchi, Organic Chemist, Dies at 77. The New York Times. 8 September 1998. Saxon. Wolfgang.