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    Robert Robinson was appointed as the first Professor of Pure and Applied Organic Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney in 1912. His synthesis of tropinone, a precursor of cocaine, in 1917 was a big step in alkaloid chemistry. He also showed tandem reactions in a one-pot synthesis are capable of forming bicyclic molecules.

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    Robert Robinson was appointed as the first Professor of Pure and Applied Organic Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney in 1912. His synthesis of tropinone, a precursor of cocaine, in 1917 was a big step in alkaloid chemistry. He also showed tandem reactions in a one-pot synthesis are capable of forming bicyclic molecules.

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    Robert Robinson Born: 13 September 1886 Birth place: Rufford Farm, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire Educational attainment: Chesterfield

    Grammar School, the private Fulneck School and the University of Manchester. Achievement: He was appointed as the first Professor of Pure and Applied Organic Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney in 1912.[2] He was the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University from 1930 and a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. Contribution: His synthesis of tropinone, a precursor of cocaine, in 1917 was not only a big step in alkaloid chemistry but also showed that tandem reactions in a one-pot synthesis are capable of forming bicyclic molecules. Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1947) The Franklin Medal (1947) Discovery: Development of Organic synthesis Invention: symbol for benzene

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