James Cullen Martin

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Nationality American Name James Martin

Born January 14, 1928Dover, Tennessee, United States ( 1928-01-14 ) Institutions University of Illinois 1956–1985Vanderbilt University 1985–1992 Alma mater Vanderbilt University, MS 1952Harvard University PhD 1956 Notable awards Alexander von Humboldt Prize Died April 20, 1999, Tampa, Florida, United States Education Harvard University (1956), Vanderbilt University Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada
Known for Dess–Martin periodinane Doctoral advisor Paul Doughty Bartlett

James Cullen Martin (January 14, 1928 – April 20, 1999) was an American chemist. He specialized in organic chemistry and main group element chemistry with an emphasis on physical organic chemistry. Professor Martin is best known for his work on bonding of main group elements. He is responsible for the hexafluorocumyl alcohol derived "Martin" bidentate ligand and a tridentate analog. With his doctoral student Daniel Benjamin Dess he invented the Dess–Martin periodinane that is used for selective oxidation of alcohols. He is also known for the creation of the Martin sulfurane. His later work included studies of the hexaiodobenzene dication that shows σ-delocalization ("aromaticity") between the iodine atoms.

In 1983, Prof. Martin served as Chair of the Organic division of the American Chemical Society.

Literature

Akiba, K.-y. (2006). "Memoirs of Professor James Cullen Martin". Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements. 181 (5): 1201–1215. doi:10.1080/10426500500326321.

William E. McEwen (1999). "JAMES CULLEN MARTIN: THE RE-FOUNDER AND THE LEADER OF THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC HYPERVALENT COMPOUNDS (NONMETALS)". Heteroatom Chemistry. 10 (5): 349–350. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-1071(1999)10:5<349::AID-HC1>3.0.CO;2-G.

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