George Hermann Büchi (August 1, 1921 – August 28, 1998) was a Swiss

organic chemist Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.Clayden, J. ...

and professor at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

. "Paternò's reaction", known since the early twentieth century, was renamed to the "

Paternò–Büchi reaction The Paternò–Büchi reaction, named after Emanuele Paternò and George Büchi, who established its basic utility and form, is a photochemical reaction, specifically a 2+2 photocycloaddition, which forms four-membered oxetane rings from an excit ...

" based on enhancements made to it by Büchi's research group. Büchi died at the age of 77 of heart failure while hiking with his wife in Switzerland.

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1921 births 1998 deaths Organic chemists Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Swiss expatriates in the United States {{chemist-stub