Herbert C Brown Ph.D.
Herbert C Brown Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979
The President’s National Medel of Sciences – Physical Sciences, 1969
Nobel co-recipient Georg Wittig
Name: Herbert Charles Brown
Birth: 22 May 1912, London, United Kingdom
Death: 19 December 2004, Lafayette, IN, USA
Institution: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Award: “for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis”
Subject: Organic chemistry
Portion of cash: 1/2
Organic Chemist. Development of use of boron into important reagents in organic synthesis. School, advanced several times, graduating at 12; refused further advancement, avoiding being sister’s classmate.
Graduating, Depression years, future wife Sarah gave him gift, Stock’s ‘Hydrides of Boron and Silicon’ because cheapest chemistry book! Led to Nobel Prize!
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The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Professor of Chemistry
Affiliation: Purdue University Lafayette,Indiana 47907 USA
Gender: Male
Year Deceased: 2004
Award Discipline: Physical Sciences
Award Year: 1969
Citation: “For discovery and exploration of the hydroboration reaction and for developing it into a major and powerful tool in chemical synthesis.”
Presented by President Nixon at a White House Ceremony on February 16, 1970.