Gertrude Maud Robinson
Gertrude Maud Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gertrude Maud Walsh 6 February 1886 Winsford, Cheshire, England |
| Died | 1 March 1954 (aged 68) |
| Alma mater | Owens College |
| Spouse | Robert Robinson |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
Gertrude Maud Robinson (formerly Walsh) was an influential organic chemist most famous for her work on plant pigments; the Piloty-Robinson Pyrrole Synthesis, which is named for her; her syntheses of fatty acids; and her synthesis of δ-hexenolactone, the first synthetic molecule with the character of penicillin.