Fred Basolo
| Fred Basolo | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 11, 1920 Coello, Illinois |
| Died | February 27, 2007 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Inorganic chemistry |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois phd 1943 |
| Doctoral students | Harry B. Gray |
| Known for | coining the Indenyl effect |
Fred Basolo (February 11, 1920 - February 27, 2007) was an American inorganic chemist. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1943 with John C. Bailar. Basolo spent his entire professional career at Northwestern University. He was a prolific contributor to the fields of coordination chemistry, organometallic, and bioinorganic chemistry, publishing over 400 papers. He supervised many Ph.D. students. With his colleague Ralph Pearson, he coauthored the influential monograph "Mechanisms of Inorganic Reactions", which illuminated the importance of mechanisms involving coordination compounds. This work, which integrated concepts from ligand field theory and physical organic chemistry, signaled a shift from a highly descriptive nature of coordination chemistry to a more quantitative science.[1][2][3]
Among the many topics on which Basolo published were the indenyl effect, the reaction of coordinated ligands, and synthetic models for myoglobin.
A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he was awarded the Priestley Medal and the George Pimentel Award in Chemical Education. He was president of the American Chemical Society in 1983.[4] The same year, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5]
His autobiography, From Coello to Inorganic Chemistry: A Lifetime of Reactions, was published in 2002.
[edit] References
- ^ Basolo, F.; Pearson, R. G. "Mechanisms of Inorganic Reactions." John Wiley and Son: New York: 1967. ISBN 047105545X
- ^ Harry Gray, John S. Magyar (2007). "Obituary Fred Basolo (1920-2007)". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 46 (16): 2746–2747. doi:10.1002/anie.200701155.
- ^ George B. Kauffman, Laurie M. Kauffman and Harry B. Gray (2007). "Fred Basolo (1920–2007): A tribute from students, colleagues, and family". Polyhedron 26 (17): 4779–4785. doi:10.1016/j.poly.2007.07.046.
- ^ R. Petkewich, "Fred Basolo Dies at 87", Chemical & Engineering News, 5 March 2007, page 13, published by American Chemical Society
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
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[edit] External links
- http://www.cerm.unifi.it/FondSacc/basolo.html
- http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/85/i10/8510notw8.html
- http://www.chemheritage.org/exhibits/ex-oral-detail.asp?ID=91&Numb=1
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