Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Department of Chemistry and
Chemical Biology
John R. Johnson (1900 - 1983)
Cornell Faculty 1927 - 1965
Organic Chemistry
Education
BS, University of Illinois, 1919
MS, University of Illinois, 1920
PhD, University of Illinois, 1922
Honors
U.S. Medal of Merit
National Academy of Sciences, 1945
Biographies
CHARLES F. WILCOX, JERROLD MEINWALD, AND KEITH
R. JOHNSON. JOHN RAVEN JOHNSON 1900-1983. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
SCIENCES Biographical Memoir. 10/29/2003
Academic Geneaology
http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~mainzv/Web_Genealogy/index.htm
(Sept 24, 2004)
John Raven Johnson (1900-1983) (PhD 1922, Illinois)
Roger Adams (1889-1971) (PhD 1912, Harvard)
Henry Augustus Torrey (1871-1910) (PhD 1899, Harvard)
Charles Loring Jackson (1847-1933) (MA 1871, Harvard)
Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894) (AB 1848, Harvard)
Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas (1800-1884) ((none) 1823, Geneva)
Louis Jacques Thenard (1777-1857) (MA 1797, Paris)
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1829) (MA 1790, Paris)
Antoine Francois de Fourcroy (1755-1809) (MD 1780, Paris)
Jean Baptiste Michel Bucquet (1746-1780) (MD 1770, Paris)
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) (LLB 1758, Paris)
Guillaume Francois Rouelle (1703-1770) (Apothecary 1725, Paris)
Selected Publications
Johnson, John Raven; Rotenberg, Don H.; Ketcham, Roger. Thiazolothiazoles. II. Parent heterocycle and its carboxylic and amino derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1970), 92(13), 4046-50.
Farnum, D. G.; Johnson, J. R.; Hess, R. E.; Marshall, T. B.;
Webster, B. Aldoketene dimers and trimers from acid chlorides.
A synthesis of substituted 3-hydroxycyclobutenones. Journal of
the American Chemical
Society (1965), 87(22), 5191-7.
Johnson, John R.; Ketcham, Roger. Thiazolothiazoles. I. The reaction of aromatic aldehydes with dithio.ovrddot.oxamide. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1960), 82 2719-24.
Bell, Malcolm R.; Johnson, John R.; Wildi, Bernard S.; Woodward, R. B. Structure of gliotoxin. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1958), 80 1001.
Johnson, J. R.. The structure of gliotoxin. A sulfur-containing antibiotic. Roger Adams Symposium, Univ. Illinois (1955), Volume Date 1954, 60-90.
Blomquist, A. T.; Johnson, John R.; Diuguid, Lincoln I.; Shillington, James K.; Spencer, R. D. Synthesis of odd-numbered keto dibasic acids and corresponding saturated acids. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1952), 74 4203-4.
Johnson, John R.; Kidwai, Aklaq R.; Warner, John S. Gliotoxin. XI. A related antibiotic from Penicillium terlikowski: gliotoxin monoacetate. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1953), 75 2110-12.
Johnson, John R.; Buchanan, James B. Gliotoxin. X. Dethiogliotoxin and related compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1953), 75 2103-9.
Johnson, John R.; Shiner, V. J., Jr. The structure of ketene dimer. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1953), 75 1350-5.
Johnson, John R.; Buchanan, James B. Gliotoxin. IX. Synthesis of the C11H8N2OS degradation product. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1951), 73 3749-51.
Johnson, John R.; Andreen, John H. Gliotoxin. VIII. Derivatives of 3-hydroxyindoline-3-carboxylic acid. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1950), 72 2862-4.
Johnson, John R.; Larsen, Aubrey A.; Holley, Ann D.; Gerzon, Koert. Gliotoxin. VII. Synthesis of pyrazinoindolones and pyridindolones. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1947), 69 2364-70.
Johnson, John R.; Andreen, John H.; Holley, Ann D. Pyrazinoindole-1,4-diones.
Ring closure of 2-indolylcarbonyl derivatives of
a-amino esters. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1947),
69 2370-2.
Sweeting, Orville J.; Johnson, John R.. 1,3-Dienes. II. Stereoisomerism of bromides and glycols derived from 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1946), 68 1057-61.
Dutcher, James D.; Johnson, John R.; Bruce, Wm. F. Gliotoxin. VI. The nature of the sulfur linkages. Conversion to desthiogliotoxin. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1945), 67 1736-45.
Blomquist, A. T.; Tapp, W. J.; Johnson, John R.. Polymerization of nitro.ovrddot.olefins. Preparation of 2-nitropropene polymer and of derived vinylamine polymers. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1945), 67 1519-24.