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[[File:Moses_Gomberg.jpg|thumb|Moses Gomberg.]]'''Moses Gomberg''' (February 8, 1866 – February 12, 1947) was a chemistry professor at the University of Michigan. | [[File:Moses_Gomberg.jpg|thumb|Moses Gomberg.]]'''Moses Gomberg''' (February 8, 1866 – February 12, 1947) was a chemistry professor at the University of Michigan. | ||
During attempts to prepare the sterically congested hydrocarbon hexaphenylethane, he correctly identified the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and is thus known as the founder of [[Radical (chemistry) (nonfiction)|radical chemistry]]. | |||
Gomberg was the first to successfully synthesize [[Tetraphenylmethane (nonfiction)|tetraphenylmethane]]. | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Radical (chemistry) (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links: | External links: | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Gomberg Moses Gomberg] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Gomberg Moses Gomberg] @ Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Chemists (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Chemists (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:People (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:People (nonfiction)]] | ||
Revision as of 17:46, 28 January 2017
Moses Gomberg (February 8, 1866 – February 12, 1947) was a chemistry professor at the University of Michigan.
During attempts to prepare the sterically congested hydrocarbon hexaphenylethane, he correctly identified the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and is thus known as the founder of radical chemistry.
Gomberg was the first to successfully synthesize tetraphenylmethane.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Moses Gomberg @ Wikipedia