Paul N. Rylander
Paul Nels Rylander (born May 28, 1920 - April 27, 2000 in Lakehurst , New Jersey ) was an American chemist.
Rylander holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD from Indiana University . He was a post-doctoral student at Harvard University and the University of Rochester . From 1956 to 1972 he headed the Organic Reactions Department at Engelhard Industries in Murray Hill , New Jersey.
He dealt with organometallic catalysis in organic chemistry and wrote some standard works on it.
He is honored with the Paul N. Rylander Award , which Rylander was the first to receive in 1988.
Fonts
- Editor with Harold Greenfield, Robert L. Augustine: Catalysis of Organic Reactions , Marcel Dekker 1988
- Catalytic hydrogenation in organic syntheses , Academic Press 1979
- Organic syntheses with noble metal catalysts , Academic Press 1973
- Hydrogenation Methods , Academic Press 1985
- Catalytic hydrogenation over platinum metals , Academic Press 1967
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography in the newsletter of the North Carolina Sections ACS, October 2, 1973, pdf ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rylander, Paul N |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rylander, Paul Nels |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1920 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 2000 |
| Place of death | Lakehurst |