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Knight Bachelor

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 Jocelyn Field Thorpe FRS (1 December 1872 – 10 June 1940) was an English chemist who discovered the Thorpe reaction

Thorpe reaction

The Thorpe reaction is a chemical reaction described as a self-condensation of aliphatic nitriles catalyzed by base to form enamines. The reaction was discovered by Jocelyn Field Thorpe.-Thorpe–Ziegler reaction:...

 and the Thorpe-Ingold effect

Thorpe-Ingold effect

The Thorpe–Ingold effect or gem-dimethyl effect, or angle compression is an effect observed in organic chemistry where increasing the size of two substituents on a tetrahedral center leads to enhanced reactions between parts of the other two substituents...

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Born in London on December 1, 1872, one of nine children and the sixth son, of Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Thorpe of the Middle Temple. He attended Worthing College

Worthing College

Worthing College is primarily a large sixth form and yet a relatively small college compared to some other colleges.The College is situated in Goring-by-Sea, in the town of Worthing on the South Coast mainline railway...

, King's College, London, and the Royal College of Science

Royal College of Science

The Royal College of Science was a higher education institution located in South Kensington; it was a constituent college of Imperial College London from 1907 until it was wholly absorbed by Imperial in 2002. Alumni include H. G. Wells and Brian May and are distinguishable by the letters ARCS ...

. He earned his Ph.D in organic chemistry

Organic chemistry

Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives...

 under Victor Meyer at Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

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