Saul Winstein

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Saul Winstein
Born(1912-10-08)October 8, 1912
Anchimeric assistance
AwardsACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1948)
National Medal of Science (1970)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical Organic Chemistry
InstitutionsUCLA

Saul Winstein (October 8, 1912 – November 23, 1969) was a Jewish Canadian chemist who discovered the

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 σ-delocalized carbocations. Winstein also first proposed the concept of an intimate ion pair.[2] He was co-author of the Grunwald–Winstein equation, concerning solvolysis rates.[3]

Richard F. Heck, who earlier in his career had undertaken postgraduate studies with Winstein, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[4]

References

  1. doi:10.1002/kin.550020302
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  2. doi:10.1021/ja01583a022
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  3. doi:10.1021/ja01150a078
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  4. ^ "The problem of the non-classical ion". Nobel Media. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

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