Nationality Canadian Institutions UCLA | Name Saul Winstein | |
Known for Winstein reactionGrunwald-Winstein equationNon-classical cationAnchimeric assistance Died November 23, 1969, Los Angeles, California, United States Education California Institute of Technology Fields Physical organic chemistry Awards National Medal of Science for Physical Science Notable students Maurice Brookhart, Richard F. Heck | ||
Saul Winstein | Wikipedia audio article
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. 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. He was co-author of the Grunwald-Winstein equation, concerning solvolysis rates.
Richard F. Heck, who earlier in his career had undertaken postgraduate studies with Winstein, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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