George Büchi

George Hermann Büchi (August 1, 1921 – August 28, 1998) was a Swiss organic chemist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

"Paternò's reaction", known since the early twentieth century,[1] was renamed to the "Paternò–Büchi reaction" based on enhancements made to it by Büchi's research group.

[2] Büchi died at the age of 77 of heart failure while hiking with his wife in Switzerland.

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