H. C. Brown

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H. C. Brown was an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in organoborane chemistry, which earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979.

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instanceOf American chemist ⓘ
Nobel laureate in Chemistry ⓘ
chemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ
Perkin Medal ⓘ
Priestley Medal ⓘ
Roger Adams Award ⓘ
birthName Herbert Charles Brown ⓘ
linked to: Herbert C. Brown
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1912-05-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2004-12-19 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Morris S. Kharasch ⓘ
doctoralStudent Akira Suzuki ⓘ
Ei-ichi Negishi ⓘ
educatedAt University of Chicago ⓘ
University of London ⓘ
employer Purdue University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
fieldOfWork chemistry ⓘ
organic chemistry ⓘ
organoborane chemistry ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
Herbert ⓘ
immigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
influenced organoboron chemistry in synthetic organic chemistry ⓘ
knownFor development of borane reagents ⓘ
hydroboration reactions ⓘ
organoborane chemistry ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf American Chemical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
nobleTitle Nobel laureate ⓘ
notableIdea hydroboration–oxidation of alkenes ⓘ
notableWork Hydroboration (book) ⓘ
occupation chemist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lafayette, Indiana ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld professor of chemistry at Purdue University ⓘ
residence West Lafayette, Indiana ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Sarah Brown ⓘ
workLocation West Lafayette, Indiana ⓘ

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