Robert E. Ireland | |
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| Born | 1912 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | February 4, 2012 Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Amherst College (BA) University of Wisconsin (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Michigan, California Institute of Technology, University of Virginia |
| Doctoral advisor | William Summer Johnson |
| Other academic advisors | William Gould Young |
| Doctoral students | David A. Evans |
| Other notable students | Peter Wipf |
Robert E. Ireland (1929 – February 4, 2012) was an American chemist and the Thomas Jefferson Chair Professor of chemistry at the University of Virginia. He is known for his textbook Organic Synthesis[1] and his contributions to the Ireland–Claisen rearrangement chemical reaction.[2][3]