Harold W. Heine

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Harold Warren Heine ( September 14, 1922 in Highland Park , New Jersey - July 23, 2018 in Lewisburg , Pennsylvania ) was an American organic chemist .

Heine studied chemistry at Rutgers University with a bachelor's degree in 1944 and a doctorate in organic chemistry with John F. Lane in 1948. After that, he was initially an assistant professor at Bucknell University , where he received a full professorship in 1954. From 1972 to 1978 he was Presidential Professor there. From 1993 he was head of the master’s program there.

In 1969/70 he was visiting professor at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and in 1986 at the University of Auckland . In 1956/57 he was a research chemist at Dow Chemical. From 1965 he was an advisor to the Surgeon General of the United States .

Among other things, he dealt with bromine - amides , aziridine , chlorohydrins , chemistry diaziridines and cycloaddition , nitrones , benzodiazepines , ortho quinone mono- imides .

The Heine reaction (1959) in organic chemistry is named after him.

In 1980 he received the Catalyst Award from the Chemical Manufacturers Organization. In 1987 he received the ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution.

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  1. Career data according to Pamela Kalte u. a. American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004.
  2. Harold W. Heine: September 14, 1922 ~ July 23, 2018 (age 95) on cronrathgrenoblefuneralhome.com, accessed on July 27, 2018 (English).
  3. biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Harold W. Heine at academictree.org, accessed on February 9, 2018th