Saul Winstein

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Saul Winstein
Born (1912-10-08)October 8, 1912
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality Canadian
Fields Physical Organic Chemistry
Institutions UCLA
Known for Winstein reaction
Grunwald-Winstein equation
Non-classical cation
Anchimeric assistance
Notable awards ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1948)
National Medal of Science (1970)

Saul Winstein (October 8, 1912 – November 23, 1969) was the Canadian chemist who discovered the Winstein reaction, in which he argued a non-classical cation was needed to explain the stability of the norbornyl cation.[1] This fueled a debate with Herbert C. Brown over the existence of delocalized cations such as this. He also first proposed the concept of an intimate ion pair.[2]

Richard F. Heck, who earlier in his career had undertaken postgraduate studies with Winstein, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[3]

Co-author of the Grunwald-Winstein equation concerning solvolysis rates.[4]

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links


<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>