Edgar Heilbronner Explained
Edgar Heilbronner (13 May 1921 - 28 August 2006) was a Swiss German chemist.[1] In 1964 he published the concept of Möbius cyclic annulenes,[2] but the first Möbius aromatic was not synthesized until 2003.[3] [4]
Edgar Heilbronner was a professor at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland for many years but then was offered a professorship in Basel, Switzerland where he spent the remainder of his career.
In 1998 he co-authored the standard work in the area of chemistry on stamps, A Philatelic Ramble Through Chemistry with Foil A. Miller.[5] [6]
Notes and References
- Edgar Heilbronner (1921-2006) . Jack D. Dunitz . . 118 . 41 . 6936 - 6936 . 2006 . 10.1002/ange.200603850 .
- Hückel molecular orbitals of Möbius-type conformations of annulenes . E. Heilbronner . Tetrahedron Letters . 5 . 29 . 1923 - 1928 . 1964 . 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)89474-0 .
- Synthesis of a Möbius aromatic hydrocarbon . D. Ajami . O. Oeckler . A. Simon . R. Herges . Nature . 426 . 6968 . 819–821 . 2003 . 10.1038/nature02224 . 14685233 . 4383956 .
- On Molecular Orbital Correlation Diagrams, the Occurrence of Möbius Systems in Cyclization Reactions, and Factors Controlling Ground and Excited State Reactions. I," Zimmerman, H. E. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1966, 88, 1564-1565
- Rabinovich. Daniel. Book & Media Reviews: A Philatelic Ramble through Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education. August 1998. 75. 8. 958. 10.1021/ed075p958. 1998JChEd..75..958R. free.
- Doumas. B. T.. A Philatelic Ramble through Chemistry. E. Heilbronner and F.A. Miller. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2004, 278 pp., $89.95, softcover. ISBN 3-906390-31-4.. Clinical Chemistry. 11 November 2004. 51. 1. 279–280. 10.1373/clinchem.2004.035626. free.
