Robert H. Crabtree
British American inorganic chemist · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Born 1948 · age 78
Robert Howard Crabtree is a British-American chemist. He is serving as Conkey P. Whitehead Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Yale University in the United States. He is a naturalized citizen of the United States.
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2018Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward2013Centenary PrizeAward2008Ludwig Mond AwardAward1993American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic ChemistryAward1982Corday-Morgan PrizeAward1948Born17 April 1948
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Selective Hydrogenation of terpinen-4-ol utilizing Crabtree's Catalyst.
Stoichiometric alkane dehydrogenation of cyclooctane with tert-butylethylene as a hydrogen acceptor.
Unconventional hydrogen bonding in transition metal hydrides complexes.
C4 coordinated imidazolylidene Iridium complex in transfer hydrogenation catalysis.
Manganese di-μ-oxo dimers involved in O2-evolution as a functional model for photosynthetic water oxidation.Awards
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Crabtree is particularly known for his work on "Crabtree's catalyst" for hydrogenations, and his textbook on organometallic chemistry.
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United Kingdom
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Scientists
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Scientist
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Born 1948 · age 78
The same award as Robert
Vivian Wing-Wah YamBoth received Ludwig Mond AwardRobert BergmanBoth received American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic ChemistryPeter DayBoth received Corday-Morgan PrizeMalcolm GreenBoth received Corday-Morgan PrizeJack Lewis, Baron Lewis of NewnhamBoth received Ludwig Mond AwardNorman GreenwoodBoth received Ludwig Mond Award