Edward M. Burgess

Edward Meredith Burgess (June 8, 1934 – June 24, 2018) was an American chemist. He specialized in organic chemistry with an emphasis on methodology, structure, and photochemistry. He is best known for the Burgess reagent (methyl N-(triethylammoniumsulfonyl)carbamate) that is used for selective dehydration of alcohols.

Edward M. Burgess
September 2001; Namaqualand, South Africa
Born(1934-06-08)June 8, 1934
DiedJune 24, 2018(2018-06-24) (aged 84)
St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.
Alma materAuburn University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forBurgess Reagent
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry
InstitutionsYale University
Georgia Institute of Technology
ThesisPhotochemical isomerization of eucarvone and cyclooctatrienone: studies toward the synthesis of samandarin (1962)
Doctoral advisorGeorge Büchi
Doctoral studentsAnthony Joseph Arduengo III

Professor Burgess served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society from 1974 to 1977.

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