Nationality Polish Residence Warsaw, Poland | Fields Organic synthesis | |
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Born 16 November 1934 (age 82) ( 1934-11-16 ) Institutions Warsaw University of Technology
Polish Academy of Sciences Alma mater Leningrad University
Warsaw University of Technology Education Saint Petersburg State University Known for Vicarious nucleophilic substitution, Phase-transfer catalyst | ||
Prof mieczys aw m kosza laureat nagrody fnp 2012 w obszarze nauk chemicznych i o materia ach
Mieczysław Józef Mąkosza (born 16 November 1934) is a Polish chemist specializing in organic synthesis and investigation of organic mechanisms. Along with Jerzy Winiarski he is credited for the discovery of the aromatic vicarious nucleophilic substitution, VNS. He also contributed to the discovery of phase transfer catalysis reactions. From 1979 to 2005 he was director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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