Nenitzescu, Costin

Alexandru T. Balaban was born in Timigoara, Romania in 1931 and studied mathematics, chemistry, and radiochemistry in Bucharest. He obtained a PhD in organic chemistry under the guidance of Costin D. Nenitzescu in 1959, shortly after discovering a novel synthesis of pyrylium salts and the birth of his son Silviu. He was head of the Laboratory for Labeled Organic Compounds at the Institute of Atomic Physics in Bucharest between 1961 and 1975 and during... 

Submitted by Costin D. Nenitzescu and Eugen Solomonica. Checked by L. F. Fieser and Ralph S. Temple. 

Laszlo Tarko, Ph.D., Romanian Academy Center of Organic Chemistry Costin D. Nenitzescu, Sector 6, Splaiul Independentei 202 B, Bucharest, Romania. 

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