Chemist no. 165 of 350 · Organic

George Olah

1927-2017United StatesNobel Chemistry 1994

Carbocation chemistry, superacids

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George Olah and Superacids: Seeing Carbocations That Others Could Only Imagine

How George Olah used superacids like magic acid to observe stable carbocations by NMR, winning the 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Biography

George Olah: Complete Life and Legacy of the Carbocation Chemist

Life of George Olah (1927-2017), the Hungarian-born American chemist who studied carbocations in superacids and won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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