Paul von Ragué Schleyer
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Paul von Ragué Schleyer | |
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Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Died | November 21, 2014 (aged 84) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (A.B. 1951) Harvard University (Ph.D. 1957) |
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| Institutions | Princeton University
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg University of Georgia |
| Thesis | Bridged Ring Systems (1957) |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Doughty Bartlett |
| Doctoral students | Jayaraman Chandrasekhar, Michael Bühl, Michelle Coote |
| Other notable students | Debbie C. Crans, Peter Schreiner, Clémence Corminboeuf, Michelle Coote |
Paul von Ragué Schleyer (February 27, 1930 – November 21, 2014) was an American physical
World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists, a fellow of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science and editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry.[1][2]
Early life
Born on February 27, 1930, in
magna cum laude. He then earned his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University in 1957, where he worked under physical organic chemist Paul Doughty Bartlett.[1]
Princeton University years
Schleyer began teaching at Princeton in 1954 and became Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry there. Working within the Frick Laboratory on the Princeton campus, Schleyer was energetic both as a teacher and a researcher. While at Princeton, Schleyer married Inga Venema in 1969. During his Princeton years, Schleyer was awarded a
Fulbright Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, a J.J. Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Humboldt Special Fellowship. At Princeton he was always present in his combination laboratory/office until late in the evening.[according to whom?
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Synopsis of research and publications
Several of his twelve
hydrogen bonding. Schleyer also identified solvolysis
mechanisms, including reactive intermediates.
As a pioneer in the field of
aromaticity and investigating planar hypercoordination of carbon
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Honors
Beyond the fellowships noted above, Schleyer received numerous prestigious honors including:
- Honoris Causa, (1971)
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Fellow (1984)
- German Chemical Society Adolf-von-Baeyer-Prize (1986)
- Organic Chemistry(1987)
- Hungarian Chemical Society (1987)
- Heisenberg Medal (1987)
- World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists, President (1987)
- Royal Society of Chemistry, London, Christopher K. Ingold Medal (1988)
- American Chemical Society Cope Scholar Award (1971)
- Belgian Chemical Society Merck-Schuchardt Chair (1991)
- International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, Fellow (1992)
- Bundesverdienstkreuzam Bande (1993)
- Honoris Causa(1998)
- National Technical University of Ukraine "KPI", Kyiv, Honorary professor (1998)
- German Chemical Society Arfvedson Schlenk Prize (1999)
- Polish Chemical Society and the Kolos Medal(2002)
- Honoris Causa(2011)
References
- ^ a b Susan J. Ainsworth (November 25, 2014). "Paul von Ragué Schleyer Dies At 84". ACS News.
- PMID 25557708.
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