John A. Osborn
English inorganic chemist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John A. Osborn (1939–2000) was an inorganic chemist who made many contributions to organometallic chemistry. Obsorn received his PhD under the mentorship of Geoffrey Wilkinson.[1] During that degree Osborn contributed to the development of Wilkinson's catalyst.[2] His thesis studies ranged widely.[3]
In 1967, he took a faculty position at Harvard University. At Harvard, he supervised the PhD theses of Richard Schrock, John Shapley, and Jay Labinger. During this time, the chemistry of [M(diene)(PR3)2]+ was advanced (M = Rh, Ir), laying the foundation for many subsequent developments.[4] In 1975, Osborn took a faculty position at the Université Louis-Pasteur in Strasbourg, France, where he further broadened his research.