Organometallic Chemistry: Oro Honored / Biological Chemistry: Mapp Awarded / Organic Chemistry: Prize for Gooßen

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1546-1546
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Organometallic Chemistry ◽  
Biological Chemistry

scholarly journals Recent Advances in Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 646
Author(s):  
Victorio Cadierno
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Organometallic Chemistry ◽  
Organometallic Compounds ◽  
Synthetic Methodology ◽  
Recent Advances

The use of organometallic compounds in organic chemistry is one of the cornerstones of the modern synthetic methodology for the activation and generation of new bonds in a molecule [...]

Some comments on the development of free radical chemistry

1984 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-124 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Free Radicals ◽  
Free Radical ◽  
Early Development ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Single Atom ◽  
Biological Chemistry ◽  
Personal Recollection ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Free Radical Chemistry

For many years, an introduction to the chemistry of free radicals has formed an essential part of University chemistry curricula and the subject is of wide relevance to both industrial and biological chemistry, yet its development occurred, with surprising rapidity, less than fifty years ago. It is the aim of this article to give a personal recollection of the circumstances which led to the recognition and early development of this branch of chemistry. From the early days of the last century ‘radicals’ had been defined by chemists as ‘groups of atoms which together behave as a single atom’ and organic chemistry had been regarded as the chemistry of ‘compound radicals’. But with the proof that such simple elements as hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen exist as binary molecules (H 2 , O 2 , N 2 ) and not as atoms, the possible existence at room temperature, in gases or solutions, of free atoms or radicals was deemed to be unlikely by most chemists of a century ago.

scholarly journals Arthur John Birch. 3 August 1915 — 8 December 1995

2007 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 21-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney W. Rickards ◽  
John Cornforth
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Natural Products ◽  
Organometallic Chemistry ◽  
Oral Contraceptives ◽  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Liquid Ammonia ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
National Science ◽  
The Subject

Arthur John Birch AC CMG FAA FRS was one of the great masters of organic chemistry of the twentieth century. His extraordinary creativity left its imprint across the breadth of the subject in its broadest sense, from synthesis to biochemistry to organometallic chemistry. He remains best known for the reaction that bears his name, the Birch reduction of aromatic compounds by solutions of sodium and ethanol in liquid ammonia. This process has wide application, most notably in the commercial synthesis of oral contraceptives, giving rise to his being called ‘the father of the pill’, although he himself preferred the more remote ‘grandfather’ relationship. His polyketide theory, which accounts for the biosynthetic origins of a wide range of natural products, is less widely acknowledged today simply because it has become absorbed into the accepted knowledge base of the subject. His final researches on the use of diene iron tricarbonyl derivatives in synthesis are equally distinguished and have prompted others to extend their application. During his career he was involved in the design of three new university chemistry buildings, one of which now bears his name, and contributed influential advice to governments on national science policies.

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