Robin Ferrier | |
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| Born | Robert John Ferrier 7 August 1932 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 11 July 2013 (aged 80) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Nationality | Scottish |
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| Citizenship | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Spouse | Carolyn Louise Tompkins |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Birkbeck College, University of London Victoria University of Wellington |
| Doctoral advisor | Professor Gerald Aspinall |
Robert John Ferrier FRSNZ,[1] FNZIC,[2] (7 August 1932 – 11 July 2013) was an organic chemist who discovered two chemical reactions, the Ferrier rearrangement and the Ferrier carbocyclization.[3][4] Originally from Edinburgh, he moved to Wellington, New Zealand, in 1970.
- ^ "List of Fellows". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
NZIC obituarywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Ferrier, Robert J (1979). "Unsaturated Carbohydrates. Part 21. A Carboxylic Ring Closure of a Hex-5-enopyranoside Derivative". J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1: 1455–1458. doi:10.1039/P19790001455.
- ^ Blattner, RJ; Ferrier RJ (1986). "Direct synthesis of 6-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane derivatives from deoxyinososes". Carbohydr. Res. 150: 151–162. doi:10.1016/0008-6215(86)80012-X.