Background
Philip E. Eaton was born in 1936 in Brooklyn, New New York
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Philip Eaton
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Eaton attended Princeton University seeking a major in chemistry. Eaton received his Bachelor of Arts in 1957 before attending Harvard University and earning his Master of Arts in 1960 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1961. During his time in school he became familiar with cage chemistry, specifically Kepone.
Career
He and his fellow researchers were the first to synthesize the "impossible" cubane molecule in 1964. Working with Mao-Xi Zhang he is reported as having been the first to make octanitrocubane in 2000 or earlier. Because of its high density and highly strained C-C bonds octanitrocubane is a very powerful high explosive.
When Eaton was seven his family relocated to Budd Lake, New Jersey.
Here he began attending Roxbury Grammar School and later Roxbury High School. lieutenant was during these high school years that he began to find his passion for science.
Upon graduating from Harvard Eaton accepted an assistant professorship position at the University of California, Berkeley. During this time he taught introductory organic chemistry.
In 1962, he transferred to the University of Chicago where he remains today.
After arriving at University of Chicago Eaton began his research which he is now most well known for, cubane synthesis. In 1964 Eaton and Thomas West. Cole Junior. synthesized the "impossible" cubane molecule. lieutenant was given this name because of its unusual cubic geometry.
Many scientists believed that the 90 degree bond-angles would be too strained to allow this molecule to form.
He later studied larger prismanes.
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Alfred P. Sloan; Humboldt Prize Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1963) Award, Rohm and Haas Company (1975) Alexander von Humboldt Prize (1985) Alan Berman Rublication Award, Naval Laboratory, U.S. Navy (1995) Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society (1997) The Humboldt Prize, also known as the Humboldt Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to internationally renowned scientists and scholars.Alfred P. Sloan; Humboldt Prize Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1963) Award, Rohm and Haas Company (1975) Alexander von Humboldt Prize (1985) Alan Berman Rublication Award, Naval Laboratory, U.S. Navy (1995) Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society (1997) The Humboldt Prize, also known as the Humboldt Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to internationally renowned scientists and scholars.