Norman A. Lebel
Norman Albert Lebel , actually Norman Albert LeBel (born March 22, 1931 in Augusta (Maine) , † December 21, 2003 ) was an American chemist ( organic chemistry ).
Lebel graduated from Bowdoin College with a bachelor's degree in 1952 and received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1957 . From 1952 to 1954 he was a chemist at Merck . In 1957 he became an assistant professor and in 1964 a professor at Wayne State University . From 1971 to 1978 he headed the chemistry faculty there. 1983/84 he was interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts. In 1996 he retired.
He dealt with stereochemistry, mechanisms of elimination reactions, nitron and nitrogen heterocycles , addition to olefins , polycyclic molecules with bridges and new synthesis reactions. The LeBel reaction is named after him.
From 1961 to 1965 he was a Sloan Research Fellow . He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry . He had 32 doctoral students at Wayne State University. In 1996 he received the Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award from ACS (Organic Chemistry Section).
Fonts
- with Allinger , Carl R. Johnson , Don C. DeJongh , Michael P. Cava , Calvin L. Stevens : Organische Chemie , 1st edition, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-11-004594-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004, obituary ( memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Lebel, Norman A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lebel, Norman Albert (full name); LeBel, Norman Albert (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Chemist (Organic Chemistry) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Augusta (Maine) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 2003 |