Theodora Greene
{{short description|American chemist}}
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Theodora Whatmough Greene (19 November 1931 – 14 July 2005) was a chemist, most well known for authoring the book Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis,{{cite web
|url= https://www.chemistryworld.com/culture/theodora-greenes-protecting-groups/4010999.article
|title= Theodora Greene's protecting groups
|author= Katrina Krämer
|date= 11 February 2020
|publisher= Royal Society of Chemistry
|accessdate= 20 May 2020
|last= Peter G. M. Wuts Theodora W. Greene
|author-link=
|date= 2006
|title= Greene's Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis, Fourth Edition
|url= https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0470053488
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|publisher= John Wiley & Sons
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|doi=10.1002/0470053488
|isbn=9780470053485
|s2cid=83393227
}} which summarises the use of protecting groups in organic synthesis.
Early life and education
Theodora Whatmough was born in Boston in 1931. She completed a bachelor's degree at Radcliffe College and followed by a master's degree at Harvard. In 1953, she married fellow chemist Frederick Greene, with whom she had four children.
''Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis''
In 1975, at the age of 44, Greene returned to science to undertake a PhD under the supervision of EJ Corey. She received her PhD on 5 June 1980 whereupon she adapted her thesis into a book, Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis (John Wiley & Sons), published in 1981 and co-authored with Peter G. M. Wuts. Protective Groups, now in its fifth edition, has found its place as a common reference textbook in organic chemistry labs, where it is used as a guide for the selection of protecting groups.
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Category:American women chemists
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Category:Radcliffe College alumni