George Büchi | |
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Born | August 1, 1921 |
Died | August 28, 1998 | (aged 77)
Fields | Organic chemistry |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Alma mater | ETH Zürich |
Thesis | Beitrag zur Konstitutionsaufklärung des Breins (1949) |
Doctoral advisor | Leopold Ružička |
Doctoral students | Edward M. Burgess |
George Hermann Büchi (August 1, 1921 – August 28, 1998) was organic chemist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Paternò's reaction", known since the early twentieth century, was renamed to the "Paternò–Büchi reaction" based enhancements made to it by Büchi's research group.