Emanuele Paternò

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name = Emanuele Paternò


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caption = Emanuele Paternò
birth_date = birth date|1847|12|12
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death_date = death date and age|1935|1|17|1847|12|12
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work_institution = University of Palermo,
University of Torino,
University of Rome,
University of Marburg
alma_mater = University of Palermo
doctoral_advisor = Stanislao Cannizzaro
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known_for = Paternò-Büchi reaction
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Emanuele Paternò di Sessa was a Italian chemist, discoverer of the Paternò-Büchi Reaction.

He was born as the Marquess di Sessa and studied at the University of Palermo with Stanislao Cannizzaro. In 1871 he became lecturer at the University of Torino, but returned to Palermo in the following year as Cannizzaro's successor. In 1892 he became a professor at the University of Rome. He did photochemistry research, and discovered the Paternò-Büchi reaction in 1909. This was improved by George Hermann Büchi in 1954. [cite journal
title = .
author = E. Paterno, G. Chieffi
journal = Gazz. Chim. Ital.
volume = 39
issue =
pages = 341
year = 1909
url =
doi = ] [cite journal
title = Light-catalyzed Organic Reactions. I. The Reaction of Carbonyl Compounds with 2-Methyl-2-butene in the Presence of Ultraviolet Light
author = G. Büchi, Charles G. Inman, and E. S. Lipinsky
journal = Journal of the American Chemical Society
volume = 76
issue = 17
pages = 4327–4331
year = 1954
url =
doi = 10.1021/ja01646a024]

He was politically active. He was the mayor of Palermo (1890-1892) and a member of the regional parliament (1898-1914). He was also a member of the senate and vice president of the senate.

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