Chemist no. 59 of 350 · Organic
Herbert C. Brown
1912-2004United StatesNobel Chemistry 1979
Organoboranes; hydroboration
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Hydroboration-Oxidation: The Reaction That Gave Chemists Anti-Markovnikov Alcohols
Learn hydroboration-oxidation discovered by H. C. Brown: anti-Markovnikov syn addition, mechanism, examples, sodium borohydride and JAM/NET/GATE exam points.
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Herbert C. Brown: From a Chicago Hardware Family to the Nobel Prize for Boron Chemistry
Biography of Herbert C. Brown: childhood in Chicago, sodium borohydride, hydroboration, Purdue University career, Nobel Prize 1979 and legacy.
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