Meerwein, Hans chemistry

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data. Brown, Herbert Charles, 1912-In memory of H. L. Meerwein. (Topics in current chemistry v. 80) Bibliography p. Includes index. 1. Chemistry-Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Meerwein, Hans, 1879- I. Meerwein, Hans, 1879-11. Olah, George Andrew. 1927- joint author. III. Hogeveen, Heppie, 1952- joint author. IV. Title. V. Series. OD1.F58 vol. 80... 

One of the most original and significant ideas in organic chemistry was the suggestion by Hans Meerwein that carbocations (as we now call all the positive ions of carbon compounds) might be intermediates in the course of reactions that start from nonionic reactants and lead to nonionic covalent products. 

Meerwein, H. Schmidt, R. Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem. 1925, 444, 221. Hans L. Meerwein, born in Hamburg Germany in 1879, received his Ph.D. at Bonn in 1903. In his long and productive academic career, Meerwein made many notable contributions in organic chemistry. 

WERNER UHL (53), Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universitat, Hans-Meerwein-Str., 35032, Marburg, Germany TOM WELTON (251), Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, South Kensington, London SW7 2AY, UK... 

Department of Chemistry, Philipps University Marburg, Hans Meerwein Strasse, D-35032 Marburg, Germany... 

D. Reinen Chemistry Department, Philipps-University, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany, reinen chemie.uni-marburg.de... 

Hans Meerwein was and always will be one of my heroes in chemistry. He introduced, ahead of Ingold and Robinson, the age of physical measurements into organic chemistry. At the same time his major aims always remained to find new methods and reactions of general synthetic utility. By his choice he was not interested in the synthesis of complex, large molecules, but in fundamental reactions and methods. He disliked narrow categories. He never considered himself to be a physical organic or synthetic chemist. He simply was a master chemist. 

Institute of Physical, Nuclear and Macromolecular Chemistry Philipps-University of Marburg Hans-Meerwein-StraBe D-35032 Marburg Germany... 

Department of Chemistry, Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra 132119, Haryana, India. Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Hans-Meerwein Str. D-3550 Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany. 

Department of Chemistry, PhUipps University, Hans-Meerwein-Street, 35032 Marbuig, Germany e-mail baessler Staff.Uni-Marburg.DE... 

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