| Authorised form of name | Grigg; Ronald Ernest (1935 - 2021) |
| Dates | 1935 - 2021 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 01/09/1935 |
| Date of death | 10/01/2021 |
| Occupation | Chemist |
| Research field | Organic chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
GRIC (1960); University of Nottingham, PhD
Career:
Chemistry Technician, Glaxo Laboratories (1952-1960); Lecturer in organic chemistry, University of Nottingham (1965-1974); Chair of Organic Chemistry, Queens University, Belfast (1974-1989); Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Leeds (1989-2001) Emeritus Professor (2001-2021); Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Director, Molecular Innovation, Diversity and Automated Synthesis (MIDAS) Centre, University of Leeds (1994-2001)
Medals/Awards:
Tilden Lectureship of the Royal Society of Chemistry; Medal for Heterocyclic Chemistry of the RSC; Small Firms Merit Award for Science and Technology; Pedlrr Medal of the RSC; Synthesis Medal of the RSC; DTI Smart Award
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 13/05/1999 |
| Age at election | 63 |
| RSActivity | Committee and panels:
Royal Society Research Grants Scheme - Board B, 2000-2002 (Chair); International Travel Grants Panel 3, 2003-2007 (Chair); Conference Grants Committee, 2003-2005 |
| PublishedWorks | https://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-1011152636153420052119/ |
| OtherInfo | Ronald Grigg made important contributions to the design and development of cascade processes (that is, multireaction ‘one-pot’ sequences), based on palladium-catalysed cyclisation reactions and 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions, and their applications in general organic synthesis. His early work made notable contributions to the synthesis and fundamental chemistry of natural porphyrins and polypyrrole macrocycles; some of this work has recently been developed by others for sensor systems. A major contribution has been to research the cascade processes involving amine–imine–azomethine ylide–cycloadduct, and oxime–nitrone–cycloadduct. Chiral versions of imine-based 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions developed by Ronald are now widely exploited by industry, especially in the area of combinatorial chemistry, and his invention of a new reagent for the detection of latent fingerprints, based on early azomethine ylide studies, won a UK government SMART award in 1989. His original innovative contributions in the areas of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions and palladium-catalysed cascade processes have made him widely regarded as one of the leading organic chemists in the field.
Professor Ronald Grigg FRS died on 10 January 2021. |
| Source | Sources:
Royal Society profile page (https://royalsociety.org/people/ronald-grigg-11545/, accessed 15 April 2021) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/1011152636153420052119 |
| Code | NA2351 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1999/18 | Grigg, Ronald Ernest: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1997 |