Andrew Norman Meldrum (1876-1934)

Scottish scientist (Alloa, 1876 – Edinburgh, 1934), known for his work in organic chemistry and for his studies of the history of chemistry. It has been claimed that Meldrum’s acid “is the only chemical to be named after a Scotsman”.

He prepared it in 1908 from malonic acid and acetone, but assigned it a β-lactone structure; its actual structure, that of a cyclic diester, was not established until 1948.

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