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 ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
surface form: American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry

National Medal of Science
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Perkin Medal
Priestley Medal
Roger Adams Award
birthName Herbert C. Brown
surface form: Herbert Charles Brown
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1912-05-22
dateOfDeath 2004-12-19
doctoralAdvisor Morris S. Kharasch
doctoralStudent Akira Suzuki NERFINISHED
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, England
surface form: London

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

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