George A. Olah
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George A. Olah was a Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his groundbreaking work on carbocations and superacids, which fundamentally advanced the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| George A. Olah canonical | 18 |
| George Andrew Olah | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Chemistry
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chemist ⓘ human ⓘ organic chemist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACS Award in Petroleum Chemistry
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Priestley Medal ⓘ Roger Adams Award ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Hungary
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United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith |
Alain Goeppert
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G. K. Surya Prakash ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Hungary ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-05-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-03-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
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University of Budapest ⓘ
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Eötvös Loránd University
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| employer |
Case Western Reserve University
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University of Southern California ⓘ |
| familyName | Olah ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
organic chemistry
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physical organic chemistry ⓘ |
| fullName |
George A. Olah
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
George Andrew Olah
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| givenName | George ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern carbocation chemistry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
methanol economy concept
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nonclassical carbocations ⓘ research on carbocations ⓘ research on superacids ⓘ study of organic reaction mechanisms ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Hungarian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Chemical Society
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Hungarian Academy of Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for his contribution to carbocation chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
“Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy”
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“Superacids” ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Beverly Hills
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surface form:
Beverly Hills, California
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| positionHeld |
Director of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute
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Distinguished Professor at University of Southern California ⓘ |
| proposedConcept | methanol economy ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
energy and fuels
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hydrocarbon chemistry ⓘ strong acids and superacids ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
this entity surface form:
George Andrew Olah
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Superacids
subject surface form:
Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy
subject surface form:
Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy