Malcolm H. Chisholm

Malcolm H. Chisholm
FRS FRSE
Chisholm in October 2009
Born
Malcolm Harold Chisholm

(1945-10-15)15 October 1945
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died20 November 2015(2015-11-20) (aged 70)
Worthington, Ohio, US
CitizenshipBritish
EducationQueen Mary College
Known forOrganometallic complexes with metal-metal bonds
Scientific career
FieldsInorganic Chemistry
Institutions
Thesis Ligand field aspects of transition metal dialkylamides and related compounds  (1969)
Doctoral advisorDonald Charlton Bradley
Other academic advisorsHoward Charles Clark

Malcolm Harold Chisholm (15 October 1945 – 20 November 2015) was a British inorganic chemist who worked mainly in North America, a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Distinguished University Professor of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Ohio State University[1] who contributed to the synthesis and structural chemistry of transition metal complexes.[2]

Early life and education

Malcolm Harold Chisholm was born on 15 October 1945 in Bombay, British India, where his parents were based. Six months after his birth, Chisholm's family moved back to the United Kingdom to the family's home in Inverness. At the age of 3, his family then moved to southern England where he obtained his early education. He later went to Queen Mary College and received a BSc in 1966 and a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry in 1969 whilst working under the direction of Donald C. Bradley.[3] As an undergraduate, Chisholm perform research on Fe2(CO)9 under the direction of Alan G. Massey.[4]

Career

After receiving his PhD, Chisholm went to the University of Western Ontario to work as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Howard Charles Clark from 1969 to 1972.[6][7]

He held faculty positions at Princeton University, Indiana University, and Ohio State University. He achieved recognition for developing the chemistry of alkoxy- and amido-supported complexes of dimolybdenum and ditungsten, illustrated by Mo2(NMe2)6.[8]

Recognition

Chisholm received several awards and honors, among them:

He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in 1990,[15] a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2005,[16] a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2005[2] and a member of the Leopoldina in 2004.[17]

References

  1. ^ "In Memoriam: Chemistry Professor Malcolm H. Chisholm". Ohio State University. 23 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b Davis, Tinsley H. (26 June 2007). "Profile of Malcolm H. Chisholm". PNAS. 104 (26): 10759–10761. Bibcode:2007PNAS..10410759D. doi:10.1073/pnas.0701259104. PMC 1904150. PMID 17581880.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Malcolm Harold (1969). Ligand field aspects of transition metal dialkylamides and related compounds (PhD thesis). Queen Mary College. OCLC 1180957905.
  4. ^ Chisholm, M. H.; Massey, A. G.; Thompson, N. R. (1966). "Iron Enneacarbonyl". Nature. 211 (5044): 67. doi:10.1038/211067a0.
  5. ^ Chisholm, M. H.; Extine, M. (September 1975). "New Metalloorganic Compounds of Tungsten(III)". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 97 (19): 5625–5627. Bibcode:1975JAChS..97.5625C. doi:10.1021/ja00852a074. ISSN 0002-7863.
  6. ^ Puddephatt, Richard J. (7 December 2016). "Malcolm Harold Chisholm. 15 October 1945 – 20 November 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 63: 117–136. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2016.0025.
  7. ^ Murillo, Carlos A. "Malcolm H. Chisholm (1945–2015) passed away on 20 November 2015". Inorganica Chimica Acta.
  8. ^ Chisholm, Malcolm H.; Cotton, F. Albert; Frenz, B. A.; Reichert, W. W.; Shive, L. W.; Stults, B. Ray (1976). "The molybdenum-molybdenum triple bond. 1. Hexakis(dimethylamido)dimolybdenum and Some Homologs: Preparation, Structure, and Properties". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 98 (15): 4469–4476. doi:10.1021/ja00431a024.
  9. ^ "ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry Recipients". American Chemical Society.
  10. ^ "ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry Recipients". American Chemical Society.
  11. ^ "Ludwig Mond Award". Royal Society of Chemistry.
  12. ^ "Fred Basolo Medal for Outstanding Research in Inorganic Chemistry". Northwestern University.
  13. ^ "Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry". Royal Society of Chemistry.
  14. ^ Wang, Linda (25 June 2012). "Morley Medal To Malcolm Chisholm". Chemical & Engineering News. 90 (26).
  15. ^ "Fellows Directory: Malcolm Chisholm". The Royal Society.
  16. ^ "Professor Malcolm Harold Chisholm FRS CorrFRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 28 October 2016.
  17. ^ "Neugewählte Mitglieder 2004" [newly elected members 2004] (PDF). Leopoldina: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher (in German). 2005. p. 18.
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