Xing Qiyi
{{Short description|Chinese organic chemist}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|11|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Tianjin, Qing dynasty
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|11|4|1911|11|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = Beijing, China
| fields = Organic synthesis
Natural products
| workplaces = Peking University
| alma_mater = Fu Jen Catholic University
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
| doctoral_advisor = Roger Adams
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| known_for = participant in the total synthesis of bovine insulin project
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Xing Qiyi ({{zh|c=邢其毅|p=Xíng Qíyì|w=Hsing Ch'i-i}}) was a Chinese organic chemist who contributed to the total synthesis of bovine insulin,{{Cite book|title=Beijing Chorographies: Science & Technology Chorography|publisher=Beijing Press|year=2005|isbn=7-200-05865-3|pages=81}} Xing is still well-known nowadays in China as the main editor of a highly-influential organic chemistry textbook.{{Cite web|url=http://www.casad.ac.cn/aca/316/ygysmd-200906-t20090624_1809617.html|title=邢其毅}} He was a member of China Democratic League since 1952.{{Cite book|title=Dictionary of Republican Figures (民國人物大辭典)|publisher=Hebei People Press|year=1991|isbn=9787202007815|pages=234}}
Early life and education
Xing received Chinese traditional private education in his childhood. In 1933, he graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University with a diploma in Chemistry. Xing did his postgraduate work at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign under Roger Adams's guidance and obtained a doctorate degree in 1936. Later he went to University of Munich, conducting research on bufotoxins at Wieland's laboratory.
Career
In 1937, Xing returned to China. He moved to Kunming since eastern China was occupied by Japanese invaders. There, he spent some efforts on the refining of Quinine. Then Xing joined the New Fourth Army as a teacher in its military medical school. Moreover, he assisted the army to product medicine.
In 1946, Xing went back to Beijing and accepted an appointment as a professor at Peking University.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chem.pku.edu.cn/index.php?id=113|title=化学学院历史}}
In 1950s, Xing designed a new method to synthesize the chloramphenicol.{{Cite journal|year=1997|title=跨越人生新高度——访著名有机化学家、教育家邢其毅|journal=Industry of China (中国产业) No.5|pages=8}}
During 1964–65, Xing participated in the total synthesis of bovine insulin project, co-operating with Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences.{{Cite book|title=Beijing Chorographies: Science & Technology Chorography|publisher=Beijing Press|year=2005|isbn=7-200-05865-3|pages=355}}
In 1980, Xing was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
During 1981–87, Xing focused on the activation methods for the carboxyl group in the peptide synthesis, and developed related chemical reagents.{{Cite book|title=Beijing Chorographies: Science & Technology Chorography|publisher=Beijing Press|year=2005|isbn=7-200-05865-3|pages=356}}
Personal life
Xing enjoyed collecting crafts relevant the tortoise.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cas.cn/wh/SWXS/201206/t20120605_3591474.shtml|title=恩师邢其毅先生记忆}}
Xing's father Duan ({{zh|c=|s=|t=邢端|p=}}) was a member of Hanlin Academy in the Late Qing dynasty, he once studied in Japan and used to be an officer at the Beiyang government.{{Cite journal|year=2015|title=甲辰科举考试中最年轻的翰林邢端|journal=Guiyang Literature & History (贵阳文史)|volume=4|pages=9}} Xing's mother, Zhang Xian ({{zh|c=|s=|t=張嫻|p=}}), was a housewife. Xing and his wife Qian Cunrou ({{zh|c=|s=钱存柔|t=錢存柔|p=}}), a microbiologist, had two sons.{{Cite journal|year=1998|title=邢其毅|journal=Education in Chemistry (化学教育) No.1}}
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Category:Chemists from Tianjin
Category:Educators from Tianjin
Category:Catholic University of Peking alumni
Category:Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences