Kenneth B. Wiberg
Kenneth Berle Wiberg (born September 22, 1927 in Brooklyn ) is an American chemist (physical organic chemistry). He is an emeritus professor at Yale University .
Wiberg graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a bachelor's degree in 1948 and received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1950 . Then he was first an instructor, 1952 Assistant Professor and 1958 Professor at the University of Washington . In 1960 he became a professor at Yale, where he headed the faculty from 1968 to 1971 and was Whitehead professor in 1968.
1957/58 he was visiting professor at Harvard.
He deals with the stereochemistry and kinetics of organic reactions, especially oxidations and rearrangements, and the synthesis and reactions of highly strained compounds.
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1967), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1978) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1968). In 1958 he was a Sloan Research Fellow and in 1961 a Guggenheim Fellow .
In 1988 he received the Arthur C. Cope Award , the Pauling Medal in 1992 and the JF Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry in 1974.
Fonts
- Physical Organic Chemistry , Wiley 1964
- with Oktay Sinanoğlu Sigma Molecular Orbital Theory , Yale University Press 1970
- with Bernard J. Nist The Interpretation of NMR Spectra , Benjamin 1962
- Computer programming for chemists , Benjamin 1965
- Laboratory Technique in Organic Chemistry , McGraw Hill 1960
- Editor Oxydation in Organic Chemistry , 4 volumes, Academic Press 1965
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiberg, Kenneth B. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wiberg, Kenneth Berle (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Chemist (Physical Organic Chemistry) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn |