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Gertrude Maud Robinson

British chemist · United Kingdom · Scientists · Lived 1896 to 1954 · aged 58

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Gertrude Maud Robinson was an influential British organic chemist most famous for her work on plant pigments; the Piloty-Robinson Pyrrole Synthesis, which is named for her; her syntheses of fatty acids; and her synthesis of δ-hexenolactone, the first synthetic molecule with the character of penicillin.

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The precursor to cyanidin chloride (an anthocyanidin) and its tautomer[9]The precursor to cyanidin chloride (an anthocyanidin) and its tautomer[9]The conversion of azines to 3,4-disubstituted pyrroles using the Piloty-Robinson Pyrrole Synthesis.The conversion of azines to 3,4-disubstituted pyrroles using the Piloty-Robinson Pyrrole Synthesis.Example of the Robinsons' synthesis of tetraphenylpyrrole[11][12]Example of the Robinsons' synthesis of tetraphenylpyrrole[11][12]The mechanism for the Piloty-Robinson Pyrrole Synthesis suggested by Gertrude and Robert Robinson.The mechanism for the Piloty-Robinson Pyrrole Synthesis suggested by Gertrude and Robert Robinson.Example of a Piloty-Robinson Pyrrole Synthesis via Microwave IrradiationExample of a Piloty-Robinson Pyrrole Synthesis via Microwave IrradiationExample of a solid-supported Piloty-Robinson SynthesisExample of a solid-supported Piloty-Robinson SynthesisThe Fischer Indole Mechanism as interpreted by the Robinsons.The Fischer Indole Mechanism as interpreted by the Robinsons.

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Gertrude Maud Robinson was an influential British organic chemist most famous for her work on plant pigments; the Piloty-Robinson Pyrrole Synthesis, which is named for her; her syntheses of fatty acids; and her synthesis of δ-hexenolactone, the first synthetic molecule with the character of penicillin. Robinson was born on 6 February 1886 in Winsford, Cheshire and died of a heart attack on 1 March 1954, in Oxfordshire, aged 68.

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United Kingdom
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Scientists
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Scientist
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Lived 1896 to 1954 · aged 58

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