caption doctoral_advisor death_date death_place work_institution birth_place image_size nationality birth_date known_for prizes image article_title name alma_mater
jc , 1991 martin in tokyo , japan , december 19 paul doughty bartlett 20 april 1999 tampa , florida , united states university -- 1992 of illinois 1956 -- 1985 vanderbilt university 1985 dover , tennessee , united states 190px american 14 january 1928 dess -- martin periodinane alexander von humboldt prize jc martin 1991.jpg james cullen martin
 james cullen martin vanderbilt university , ms 1952 harvard university phd 1956
james cullen martin

professor martin is best known for his work on bonding of main group elements .
he is responsible for the hexafluorocumyl alcohol derived `` martin '' bidentate ligand and a tridentate analog .
with his doctoral student daniel benjamin dess he invented the dess -- martin periodinane that is used for selective oxidation of alcohols .
he is also known for the creation of the martin sulfurane .
his later work included studies of the hexaiodobenzene dication that shows σ-delocalization -lrb- `` aromaticity '' -rrb- between the iodine atoms .
in 1983 , prof. martin served as chair of the organic division of the american chemical society .
