Rate My Professor Jesse Riebsomer

Riebsomer's research contributions centered on organic synthesis and reaction mechanisms, particularly involving heterocyclic compounds such as imidazolines and piperazinediones. Notable publications include 'Chemistry of 2-Imidazolines' (Chemical Reviews, 1954, with R. J. Ferm), 'Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra Studies of 2-Imidazolines' (Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1953, with R. J. Ferm and E. L. Martin), 'The Exchange Reaction between Substituted Benzyl Iodides and Iodide Ion' (Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1954, with E. Lee Purlee and Milton Kahn), 'The Synthesis of 2,3-Piperazinediones from 1,2-Diamines' (Journal of Organic Chemistry, circa 1951), and 'The Kinetics of the Hydrolysis of Some 2-Imidazolines' (Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 1964, associated). He also authored the monograph 'Chemistry as a Profession' (Bellman Publishing Company, 1959). Additionally, he was elected Chairman of the New Mexico Section of the American Chemical Society for 1955. His enduring legacy at UNM is honored by the naming of the Riebsomer Addition to the Chemistry Building, the J.L. Riebsomer Memorial Prize, and the J.L. Riebsomer Memorial Scholarship Endowment in the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology. Riebsomer retired prior to his death in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in February 1967 at age 61.