Ingold

The Cahn-Ingold-Prelog (CIP) rules stand as the official way to specify chirahty of molecular structures [35, 36] (see also Section 2.8), but can we measure the chirality of a chiral molecule. Can one say that one structure is more chiral than another. These questions are associated in a chemist s mind with some of the experimentally observed properties of chiral compounds. For example, the racemic mixture of one pail of specific enantiomers may be more clearly separated in a given chiral chromatographic system than the racemic mixture of another compound. Or, the difference in pharmacological properties for a particular pair of enantiomers may be greater than for another pair. Or, one chiral compound may rotate the plane of polarized light more than another. Several theoretical quantitative measures of chirality have been developed and have been reviewed elsewhere [37-40]. 

Ingold and co workers have shown that nitration is caused by the nitronium... 

Ingold, Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry (Cornell U.P. G. BeU). 

Absolute Stereochemistry Absolute stereochemical assignment of each stereocenter (R vs S) Cahn-Ingold-Prelog Convention (sequence rules)... 

Chemistry as it was realized substantially derives from the interae-tion of electrons. The electronic theory of chemistry, particularly of organic chemistry, emerged, explaining the great richness of chemical observations and transformation, as expressed by Ingold, Robinson, Hammett, and many others following in their footsteps. 

No mechanistic aspects of organic chemistry (or, for this reason, any reaction intermediates) were ever mentioned by Zemplen in his lectures or writings, nor did he consider or accept their existence. I never heard him mention the names of Meerwein, Ingold, Robinson, or any other pioneers of the mechanistic electronic theory of organic chemistry. The possible role of organic ions was similarly never mentioned. He was. 

I would like to credit especially the fundamental contributions of Ron Gillespie to strong acid (superacid) chemistry and also to recall his generous help while I was still working at the Dow Laboratories in Canada. 1 reestablished contact with him during this time. We first met in the winter of 1956 at University College in London, where he worked with Christopher Ingold. Subsequently, he moved to McMaster... 

In Cleveland office, 1976. The pictures on the wall are of Meerwein, Ingold, Winstein, Brown, and Whitmore. 

Ingold, C. K. (1959). Substitution at Elements other than Carbon. Jerusalem. The Wiezmann Science Press of Israel. 

It was from studies of nitration with solutions of nitric acid in nitromethane, and later in acetic acid, that Ingold and his co-workers first established the fundamental features of these reactions, and also correctly interpreted them. The use in these experiments of a large excess of nitric acid removed the problem caused by the formation of water. 

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