Frank Clifford Whitmore
Affiliations: | 1918-1920 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1920-1929 | Northwestern University, Evanston, IL | ||
| 1929-1947 | Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States |
Area:
organic chemistryWebsite:
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"Frank Whitmore"Bio:
(1887 - 1947)
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Frank Clifford Whitmore was educated at Harvard University, obtaining a doctorate degree in 1914 under the direction of Charles Loring Jackson and Elmer P. Kohler, Omicron 1916. After serving on the faculty of Northwestern University, he became dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics at Pennsylvania State University in 1929, a position he held until his death. Whitmore was president of the American Chemical Society in 1938 and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He was an expert in organomercury chemistry and author of Organic Compounds of Mercury. He was renowned for his research on the electronic theory of mechanisms of organic molecular rearrangements.
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Parents
Sign in to add mentor| Charles Loring Jackson | grad student | 1912 | Harvard |
| Elmer P. Kohler | grad student | 1914 | Harvard |
Children
Sign in to add trainee| William Allison Mosher | grad student | 1940 | Penn State |
| John D. Roberts | grad student | 1941 | Penn State |
| Harry Stone Mosher | grad student | 1942 | Penn State |
| Leo Harry Sommer | grad student | 1945 | Penn State |
Publications
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| Warren BE, Whitmore FC. (2015) Preface The Chemistry of Penicillin. v-vii |
| Whitmore FC, Loder DJ. (2003) Ethyl α‐Naphthoate Organic Syntheses. 282-282 |
| Mosher HS, Yanko WH, Whitmore FC. (2003) 6-Methoxy-8-nitroquinoline † Organic Syntheses. 48-48 |
| Whitmore FC, Evers WL, Rothrock HS. (2003) Methyl Isopropyl Ketone Organic Syntheses. 68-68 |
| Whitmore FC, Woodward GE. (2003) p‐Iodobenzoic Acid Organic Syntheses. 58-58 |
| Whitmore FC, Woodward GE. (2003) p‐Chloromercuribenzoic Acid Organic Syntheses. 18-18 |
| Whitmore FC, Culhane PJ, Neher HT. (2003) Anhydro-2-hydroxymercuri-3-nitrobenzoic Acid Organic Syntheses. 1-1 |
| Whitmore FC, Hamilton FH, Thurman N. (2003) p‐Tolylmercuric Chloride Organic Syntheses. 99-99 |
| Whitmore FC, Thurman N, Hamilton FH. (2003) Di-p-tolylmercury Organic Syntheses. 65-65 |
| Whitmore FC, Hamilton FH. (2003) Sodium p‐Toluenesulfinate Organic Syntheses. 89-89 |