Herbert C. Brown

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry chemist human

Herbert C. Brown was a Nobel Prize–winning American chemist renowned for his pioneering work on boron-containing compounds and hydroboration reactions.

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Herbert C. Brown canonical 4
Herbert Brown 1
Herbert Charles Brown 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry ⓘ
chemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in chemistry ⓘ
awardReceived ACS Award in Pure Chemistry ⓘ
surface form: American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry

National Medal of Science ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Priestley Medal ⓘ
birthName Herbert Brovarnik ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1912-05-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2004-12-19 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Moses Gomberg ⓘ
educatedAt University of Chicago ⓘ
University of Michigan ⓘ
employer Purdue University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
familyName Brown ⓘ
fieldOfWork hydroboration ⓘ
organic chemistry ⓘ
organoboron chemistry ⓘ
givenName Herbert ⓘ
influenced development of organoboron reagents in organic synthesis ⓘ
knownFor Brown hydroboration ⓘ
hydroboration–oxidation reaction ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
NobelPrizeFor development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds as important reagents in organic synthesis ⓘ
NobelPrizeShare 1/2 ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1979 ⓘ
notableIdea stereospecific hydroboration of alkenes ⓘ
use of borane reagents in selective organic reductions ⓘ
notableStudent Akira Suzuki ⓘ
Ei-ichi Negishi ⓘ
notableWork development of hydroboration reactions ⓘ
pioneering work on boron-containing compounds ⓘ
placeOfBirth London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Lafayette, Indiana ⓘ
positionHeld professor of chemistry at Purdue University ⓘ
publication Hydroboration (book) ⓘ
residence West Lafayette, Indiana, United States ⓘ
surface form: West Lafayette, Indiana
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Sarah Baylen ⓘ
workLocation West Lafayette, Indiana, United States ⓘ
surface form: West Lafayette, Indiana

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Priestley Medal → hasRecipient → Herbert C. Brown ⓘ
LaPrincia Brown → hasGrandfather → Herbert C. Brown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Herbert Brown
H. C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods → namedAfter → Herbert C. Brown ⓘ
Ei-ichi Negishi → doctoralAdvisor → Herbert C. Brown ⓘ
Perkin Medal → hasRecipient → Herbert C. Brown ⓘ
H. C. Brown → birthName → Herbert C. Brown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Herbert Charles Brown