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Saul Winstein
Canadian chemist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1912 to 1969 · aged 57
Saul Winstein was a Canadian-American chemist who discovered the Winstein reaction. 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 σ-delocalized carbocations.
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1970National Medal of ScienceAward1969Died23 November 19691967Centenary PrizeAwardJames Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic ChemistryAward1962Honorary Doctorate of the University of MontpellierAward1948ACS Award in Pure ChemistryAward1912Born8 October 1912
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Winstein also first proposed the concept of an intimate ion pair. He was co-author of the Grunwald-Winstein equation, concerning solvolysis rates.
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United States
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Scientists
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Deceased
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Lived 1912 to 1969 · aged 57
The same award as Saul
Michael J. S. DewarBoth received James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic ChemistryEdgar Bright WilsonBoth received ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
John D. BaldeschwielerBoth received ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
Howard ZimmermanBoth received James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic ChemistryHongjie DaiBoth received ACS Award in Pure ChemistryJulius RebekBoth received James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry
John D. BaldeschwielerBoth received ACS Award in Pure ChemistryHoward ZimmermanBoth received James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic ChemistryHongjie DaiBoth received ACS Award in Pure ChemistryJulius RebekBoth received James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry