Taube, Rudolf

The interaction between experiment and theory is very important in the field of chemical transformations. In 1981 Kenichi Fukui and Roald Hoffmann received a Nobel Prize for their theoretical work on the electronic basis of reaction mechanisms for a number of important reaction types. Theory has also been influential in guiding experimental work toward demonstrating the mechanisms of one of the simplest classes of reactions, electron transfer (movement of an electron from one place to another). Henry Taube received a Nobel prize in 1983 for his studies of electron transfer in inorganic chemistry, and Rudolf Marcus received a Nobel Prize in 1992 for his theoretical work in this area. The state of development of chemical reaction theory is now sufficiently advanced that it can begin to guide the invention of new transformations by synthetic chemists. 

Fig. 2.19 Ernst Otto Fischer and Franz Hein talking to each other at Hein s farewell symposium in Jena 1969. Standing behind Franz Hein is Rudolf Taube, at that time Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Greifswald, Germany...

Dr. Rudolf Taube Fuchsienweg 17 D-06118 Halle/Saale/Germany Tel + Fax +49(0)345/523-0858... 

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