Arthur C. Cope
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Arthur Clay Cope | |
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| Born | June 27, 1909 |
| Awards | William H. Nichols Medal (1964) ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1944) Member of the National Academy of Sciences |
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| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Samuel M. McElvain |
Arthur C. Cope (June 27, 1909 – June 4, 1966) was an American
Cope elimination and the Cope rearrangement
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Cope was born on June 27, 1909, in
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group which eventually became known as the Cope rearrangement.
In 1941, Cope moved to Columbia University where he worked on projects associated with the war effect including chemical warfare agents, antimalarial drugs, and treatments for mustard gas poisoning. In 1945, he moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to become the head of the Department of Chemistry.
Awards and honors
- 1944 American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry[1]
- 1945 Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[2]
- 1947 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
- 1961 Elected to the American Philosophical Society[3]
Today, the Arthur C. Cope Award, in honor of his memory, is given out annually by the American Chemical Society to the most outstanding organic chemist.
References
- ^ "ACS Award in Pure Chemistry". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "Arthur Clay Cope". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
Literature
- Roberts, John D. & Sheehan, John C. (1991). "Arthur Clay Cope" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. 60: 17–27.
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