| Theodora Whatmough Greene | |
| Birth Date: | 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Boston |
| Death Date: | 2005 |
| Nationality: | American |
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| Doctoral Advisor: | EJ Corey |
| Spouse: | Frederick Greene |
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| Children: | 4 |
Theodora Whatmough Greene (19 November 1931 – 14 July 2005) was a chemist, most well known for authoring the book Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis,[1] [2] which summarises the use of protecting groups in organic synthesis.
Theodora Whatmough was born in Boston in 1931. She completed a bachelor's degree at Radcliffe College and followed by a master's degree at Harvard. In 1953, she married fellow chemist Frederick Greene, with whom she had four children.
In 1975, at the age of 44, Greene returned to science to undertake a PhD under the supervision of EJ Corey. She received her PhD on 5 June 1980 whereupon she adapted her thesis into a book, Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis (John Wiley & Sons), published in 1981 and co-authored with Peter G. M. Wuts. Protective Groups, now in its fifth edition, has found its place as a common reference textbook in organic chemistry labs, where it is used as a guide for the selection of protecting groups.