caption death_date citizenship fields birth_date known_for image article_title name alma_mater
chester j. cavallito , 1996 28 march 2010 united states organic chemistry 07 may 1915 work on chemistry of garlic chester_james_cavallito_photo_1996 . jpg chester john cavallito
 chester john cavallito ph.d. ohio state university
chester john cavallito

chester j. cavallito -lrb- may 7 , 1915 -- march 28 , 2010 -rrb- was an american organic chemist .
he was particularly known for his work on the chemistry of garlic .
beginning in 1944 , with his colleagues , he reported on the isolation from crushed garlic , synthesis -lrb- from diallyl disulfide -rrb- and antibiotic activity of a compound he named allicin .
cavallito established that allicin was a member of a class of organosulfur compounds known as thiosulfinates .
he also synthesized and reported on the chemical and biological properties of a series of thiosulfinates related to allicin .
