Franklin Arnold Davis (born April 1, 1939) is the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Chemistry at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1][2] He is most notable for his development of sulfur-nitrogen reagents including N-sulfonyloxaziridine for oxidations and asymmetric hydroxylations and N-sulfinyl imines for the asymmetric synthesis of chiral amine derivatives.[3][4] The reagents are commonly called Davis oxaziridines and Davis sulfinamides, respectively. Davis oxidation and Davis' reagent are both named after him.
Biography
Davis was born in Des Moines, Iowa.[1] Davis earned his B.S. from University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1962 and completed his PhD at Syracuse University with Donald C. Dittmer in 1966.[5]
After completing a post-doctoral appointment at University of Texas at Austin with Michael J. S. Dewar, he took up a job at Drexel University in 1968. There he served as George S. Sasin Professor of Chemistry until 1995, and moved across town to Temple University.
Davis has won the American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (2006), the John Scott Medal (2006), and the Paul G. Gassman award (2012).[6][7][8]
References
- ^ a b Prasad, Kavirayani R. (6 October 2009). "A Tribute to Prof. Franklin A. Davis". Arkivoc. 2010 (6): 1–6. doi:10.3998/ark.5550190.0011.601. hdl:2027/spo.5550190.0011.601. ISSN 1551-7012. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Professor Franklin A. Davis' Homepage at the Temple University". Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ Davis, Franklin (2006). "Adventures in Sulfur-Nitrogen Chemistry". Journal of Organic Chemistry. 71 (24): 8993–9003. doi:10.1021/jo061027p. PMID 17109522.
- ^ Davis, Franklin A; Chen, Bang Chi (1992). "Asymmetric Hydroxylation of Enolates using N-Sulfonyloxaziridines". Chemical Reviews. 92 (5): 919. doi:10.1021/cr00013a008.
- ^ Davis, Franklin Arnold (July 1966). The synthesis and reactions of derivatives of thiacyclobutene (thiete) (PhD). Syracuse University. OCLC 893420253. ProQuest 302232256. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards Archived 2015-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The John Scott Award Recipient 2001–2010". Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ "Gassman Award to Franklin A. Davis". ACS Division of Organic Chemistry. June 21, 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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