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Carbocation & Ketene Chemistry

ID: 108421 Canada

CARBOCATION CHEMISTRY; KETENE CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC REACTION MECHANISM. Expert has been a creative scientist covering a broad range of topics in organic chemistry for the past 30 years. Early in his career, he became an established authority on steric effects. He also made major contributions to ketone enolization, substituent effects, free radical cyclization, organofluorine compounds, and acid-catalyzed hydration of alkenes. More recently, Expert has been a pioneer in the study of destabilized carbocations. A leader in the renaissance in ketene chemistry, Expert has systematized the understanding of the entire area and has transformed bisketenes from laboratory curiosities to important chemical intermediates.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1964	Degree: Ph.D.	Subject: Organic Chemistry	Institution: Harvard University
Year: 1964	Degree: BS	Subject: Chemistry	Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1972 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Professor	Department:
Responsibilities: Available upon request.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1965 to 1972	Employer: University of South Carolina	Title: Assistant Professor	Department:
Responsibilities: Available upon request.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Canadian Society for Chemistry, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Awards / Recognition
Expert received the R.U. Lemieux Award from the Canadian Society for Chemistry. Over the course of his career, he has been granted NATO Fellowships to Germany, France, Italy, Turkey, and Romania. Expert has also been voted a Fellow in the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Fields of Expertise

carbocation, carbocation chemistry, ketene, organic reaction mechanism, alkyl ketene dimer, polar solvent, alcohol oxidation, free radical, Grignard synthesis, polymer technology, organic reaction, polymer science, carbonium cation, allyl cation, organic chemistry, organic chemical structure