Philip Eaton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Philip Eaton

American organic chemist

Date of Birth: 02-Jun-1936

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Philip E.
Eaton (born 1936) is a Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Chicago.
He and his fellow researchers were the first to synthesize the "impossible" cubane molecule in 1964.Working with Mao-Xi Zhang he is reported as having been the first to make octanitrocubane (their paper was published in the year 2003) Because of its eight nitro groups and highly strained C-C bonds - octanitrocubane is a very powerful high explosive.