| RefNo | EC/1944/10 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XV, 80; A03244 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Haworth, Robert Downs: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Distinguished as a synthetical organic chemist. Jointly with the later Professor W H Perkin, jun he synthesised dicentrine, beta homochelidonine, cryptopine and protopine and with J M Gulland a number of aporphine alkaloids were synthesised, using novel modifications of Pschorr's method. With G R Clemo he put the finishing touches to the chemistry of santonin, especially by the synthesis of r - desmotroposantonin. He made noteworthy contributions to our knowledge of the phenanthrene group and by synthesis forged a link in the chain of evidence for the constitution of oestrone. He is most widely known for his brilliant sythetic work in the group of the phenolic resins. |
| Proposers | From personal knowledge. Robert Robinson; G R Clemo; N V Sidgwick; A Robertson; J I O Masson; W E S Turner; J L Simonsen; E L Hirst; F L Pyman; S Sugden |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4436 | Haworth; Robert Downs (1898 - 1990) | 1898 - 1990 |