Günther Maier (chemist)
Günther Maier (born February 24, 1932 in Hausen , Heidenheim district ) is a German chemist and former professor of organic chemistry at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen .
Life
Maier studied chemistry at the Technical University of Karlsruhe, where he received his doctorate in 1959 under Rudolf Criegee . As a post-graduate student he was in 1960 when EH White at the Johns Hopkins University . In 1964 he completed his habilitation in Karlsruhe. In 1970 he became a professor at the Philipps University of Marburg and in 1978 at the University of Gießen.
He dealt with small rings, reactive intermediates, hetero- systems, valence isomerization , molecules with unusual structures or bonding properties and matrix isolation spectroscopy. In 1978 he and his colleagues succeeded in synthesizing tetrahedrane , a compound with a tetrahedral carbon structure.
In 1991 he received the Adolf von Baeyer Memorial Medal .
Fonts
- Unusual molecules. Interplay between theory and experiment , in: Chemistry in our time , Volume 25 (1991), Issue 1, pp. 51-58
Individual evidence
- ^ Römpp Chemielexikon, Article Maier, and Biography in Chemistry in Our Time, 1991, Issue 1, p. 58
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| SURNAME | Maier, Günther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hausen , Heidenheim district |