Nationality United States Fields Chemistry Died January 6, 1970 | Role Chemist Name Charles Hauser | |
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Born March 8, 1900 ( 1900-03-08 ) | ||
Charles Roy Hauser (March 8, 1900 – January 6, 1970) was an American chemist. Hauser was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a professor of chemistry at Duke University.
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The Sommelet–Hauser rearrangement is a named reaction based on the work of Hauser and Sommelet involving the rearrangement of certain benzyl quaternary ammonium salts. The reagent is sodium amide or another alkali metal amide and the reaction product a N,N-dialkylbenzylamine with a new alkyl group in the aromatic ortho position. For example, benzyltrimethylammonium iodide, [(C6H5CH2)N(CH3)3]I, rearranges in the presence of sodium amide to yield the o-methyl derivative of N,N-dimethylbenzylamine.
Awards
His contributions were recognized by the following awards:
References
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