Herbert C. Brown

Herbert C. Brown

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979

Purdue University

“for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis”

Herbert C. Brown was an American chemist. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds into important reagents in organic synthesis. He was affiliated with Purdue University.

Field
Chemistry · Organic Chemistry
Lifespan
1912–2004