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Roger Arthur Sheldon
(born 1942)
FRS
FRSC
[2]
is
emeritus
professor of
Biocatalysis
and
Organic Chemistry
at
Delft University of Technology
in the
Netherlands
.
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[14]
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Education
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Sheldon was educated at the
University of Leicester
where he was awarded a PhD in 1967 for research on the chemical reactions of the
tetraphenyldiphosphine
.
[6]
[5]
supervised by Stuart Trippett
[5]
and Stephen Davidson.
[4]
[6]
Career and research
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Sheldon is distinguished for his pioneering and wide-ranging contributions to
catalytic oxidation
,
biocatalysis
and
green chemistry
and for bridging the traditional gap between
organic synthesis
and
catalysis
.
[2]
He introduced the concept of the
E-factor
which is now used by companies globally for assessing the efficiency and
environmental impact of chemical processes
.
[2]
He has consistently emphasised the need for a new paradigm in the evaluation of efficiency in chemical processes from the traditional concept of
chemical yield
to one that assigns value to
waste minimisation
and is an avid proponent of elegance and precision in organic synthesis.
[2]
Awards and honours
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Sheldon was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015
and a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
(FRSC) in 1980. He was awarded the
Green Chemistry Award
by the
Royal Society of Chemistry
in 2010,
[1]
[16]
and made an Honorary Fellow of the same society in 2018.
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References
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"Green Chemistry Award 2010 Winner: Roger Sheldon, Delft University of Technology"
. Royal Society of Chemistry. Archived from
the original
on 20 January 2015.
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Anon (2015).
"Professor Roger A. Sheldon FRS"
.
royalsociety.org
. London:
Royal Society
. Archived from
the original
on 25 August 2017.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
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(archived 2016-11-11)
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Moiseev, I. I.; Murahashi, S. I.; Poliakoff, M.; Seddon, K. R.; ?vedas, V. K. (2008). "Professor Dr Roger A. Sheldon?65 years on".
Green Chemistry
.
10
(3): 270.
doi
:
10.1039/B719347P
.
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Sheldon, Roger (2014).
"Roger Sheldon CV"
. sheldon.nl. Archived from
the original
on 30 March 2014.
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Sheldon, Roger Arthur (1967).
Some reactions of tetraphenyldiphosphine
(PhD thesis). University of Leicester.
hdl
:
2381/33898
.
OCLC
504738263
.
EThOS
uk.bl.ethos.737068
.
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Davidson, R. S.; Sheldon, R. A.; Trippett, S. (1966). "The reactions of tetraphenyldiphosphine with alcohols".
Journal of the Chemical Society C: Organic
: 722.
doi
:
10.1039/J39660000722
.
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Sheldon, R. A. (2000).
"Atom efficiency and catalysis in organic synthesis"
.
Pure and Applied Chemistry
.
72
(7): 1233?1246.
doi
:
10.1351/pac200072071233
.
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Sheldon, R. A.
(2007). "The E Factor: Fifteen years on".
Green Chemistry
.
9
(12): 1273.
doi
:
10.1039/B713736M
.
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Tuck, C. O.; Perez, E;
Horvath, I. T.
;
Sheldon, R. A.
;
Poliakoff, M
(2012). "Valorization of biomass: Deriving more value from waste".
Science
.
337
(6095): 695?9.
Bibcode
:
2012Sci...337..695T
.
doi
:
10.1126/science.1218930
.
PMID
22879509
.
S2CID
715234
.
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Roger A. Sheldon
publications indexed by the
Scopus
bibliographic database.
(subscription required)
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Sheldon, R. (2001). "Catalytic reactions in ionic liquids".
Chemical Communications
(23): 2399?2407.
doi
:
10.1039/B107270F
.
PMID
12239988
.
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Van Rantwijk, F.; Sheldon, R. A. (2007). "Biocatalysis in Ionic Liquids".
Chemical Reviews
.
107
(6): 2757?85.
doi
:
10.1021/cr050946x
.
PMID
17564484
.
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Brink, G. T.; Arends, I. W. C. E.;
Sheldon, R. A.
(2000). "Green, Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols in Water".
Science
.
287
(5458): 1636?9.
Bibcode
:
2000Sci...287.1636T
.
doi
:
10.1126/science.287.5458.1636
.
PMID
10698735
.
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Sheldon, R. A. (2007). "Enzyme Immobilization: The Quest for Optimum Performance".
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
.
349
(8?9): 1289?1307.
doi
:
10.1002/adsc.200700082
.
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Sheldon, R (2001). "Catalytic reactions in ionic liquids".
Chemical Communications
(23): 2399?407.
doi
:
10.1039/b107270f
.
PMID
12239988
.
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b
"Our 2018 Honorary Fellows".
Update
. Royal Society of Chemistry. April 2019.
This article incorporates
text
available under the
CC BY 4.0
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