Norman L. Allinger
Norman Louis "Lou" Allinger (born April 6, 1928 in Alameda , California - † July 8, 2020 ) was an American theoretical chemist and professor emeritus at the University of Georgia in Athens , Georgia .
Life
Allinger received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1951 and a Ph.D. in 1954 from Donald J. Cram. at the University of California, Los Angeles . He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University in Cambridge , Massachusetts . He served on the faculty at Wayne State University in Detroit , Michigan before becoming a professor at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia in 1969. In 1998 he retired.
Act
Allinger was a representative of computational chemistry , a branch of theoretical chemistry . He was considered a leader in the field of molecular mechanics , with the help of which the shape and energy of molecules can be calculated. His methods are used worldwide, for example in connection with ligand - receptor and enzyme - substrate interactions. Various computer programs for the calculation of molecules go back to Allinger, including the Molecular Mechanics-1 (MM1), MM2, MM3 and MM4 .
Awards (selection)
- 1957 Sloan Research Fellow
- 1991 membership in the National Academy of Sciences
- 1994 Chemical Pioneer Award
- 1994 honorary doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences
- 1996 ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research
- 2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute)
literature
- JP Bowen: A portrait of the chemist: The Lou Allinger story. Journal of Computational Chemistry 1998, 19: VII-IX. doi : 10.1002 / (SICI) 1096-987X (19980130) 19: 2 <VII :: AID-JCC2> 3.0.CO; 2-G
Fonts (selection)
- Allinger, Michael P. Cava , Don C. de Jongh , Carl R. Johnson , Norman A. Lebel , Calvin L. Stevens : Organic Chemistry. 1st edition, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-11-004594-X .
- N. Allinger: Molecular Structure: Understanding Steric and Electronic Effects from Molecular Mechanics. 1st edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2010, ISBN 978-0470195574 .
Web links
- Dr. Norman L. Allinger. Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Chemistry ( Memento from May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) at the University of Georgia (uga.edu)
- Literature by and about Norman L. Allinger in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Norman Louis Allinger. Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes, accessed July 16, 2020 .
- ^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of Norman L. Allinger at academictree.org, accessed on January 1, 2018.
- ↑ Annual Report, 1997/98 ( Memento January 17, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) of the Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia
- ↑ Past Members. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, accessed June 3, 2019 .
- ^ Chemical Pioneer Award Winners at the American Institute of Chemists (theaic.org); Retrieved August 2, 2011.
- ↑ Foreign scientists awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences the Honoris causa doctorate degree in Chemical Sciences in 1993-1994. Russian Chemical Bulletin Volume 43, Number 6, pp. 1111-1113, doi : 10.1007 / BF01558099
- ↑ Norman L. Allinger, Ph.D. at the Franklin Institute (fi.edu); Retrieved August 2, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allinger, Norman L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Allinger, Norman; Allinger, Norman Lou; Allinger, Norman Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theoretical chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alameda , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 2020 |