George Bernard Kauffman

• California State University, Fresno

The “story behind the story” of the genesis of this book is an involved and fascinating one. In May the Sven and Dagmar Salén Foundation decided to give a grant to Ulf Lagerqvist (1926–2010) to permit publication of his manuscript titled The Bewildered Nobel Committee by the World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC). This decision was based on a t...

A quick question! Who’s the first name that comes to mind when the periodic table is mentioned? Dmitrii Ivanovich Mendeleev is the obvious and universal answer. And the second name? Most of you would probably agree with my answer: Eric R. Scerri, Lecturer in Chemistry and History and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Los Angele...

In a letter to the editor published in the Dec. 4, 1913, issue of Nature, English radiochemist Frederick Soddy proposed the isotope concept—that elements could have more than one atomic weight. The idea led to his 1921 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The notion of isotopes and the rest of Soddy’s lifetime body of work on radioactivity, the group displace...

After a four-month battle with lung cancer, Ivano Bertini, Professor of Chemistry and the founder and soul of the Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) at the Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy, where he was scientifically active until the end, died on July 7, 2012. A globally recognized pioneer in the field of biological inorganic chemi...

Most of us remember where we were on the occasion of truly seminal events such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, or the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and the Washington, D.C., area. I recall clearly when I first learned of Neil Bartlett’s revolutionary synthesis of xenon hexafluoroplatinate(V)....

This article discusses a chronological history of the major discoveries, both theoretical and experimental, of coordination chemistry from antiquity through 2003. In view of Alfred Werner's central role in the field, considerable space is allotted to his achievements, but contributions of lesser-known pioneers are also included. Some of the most hi...

This article presents a review of Selected Papers on the Periodic Table by Eric Scerri.

This article presents a review of Selected Papers on the Periodic Table by Eric Scerri.Keywords (Audience): General Public

The Italian chemist Michele Peyrone (1813-1883) was the first to synthesise cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II)), the basis of today's most widely used family of anticancer drugs. This biographical article aims to present, for the first time in the English language, a summary of his life and the achievements that he made during his scienti...

FOR THOSE CONFUSED about the risks to life and limb trumpeted by media, politicians, governments, and marketers, “How Risky Is It Really? Why Our Fears Don’t Always Match the Facts” is really a guide for the perplexed. Author David Ropeik, an instructor in Harvard University’s Continuing Education Program who taught risk perception and risk communi...

ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.

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magnified image This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Treadwellian Era. More than three quarters of a century earlier American Frederic Pearson Treadwell (1857–1918) began his research at the Eidgenössiches Polytechnikum (since June 23, 1911, known as the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ( ETH )). After Frederic 's death, Willi...

The authors of this book intend it to raise awareness of renewable energy and the commercialization of devices that utilize hydrogen. Keywords (Audience): General Public

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WE ALL USE pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) and can’t live without them, but unfortunately they are increasingly being recognized as micropollutants—pollutants that exist in trace or very small concentrations in the environment. The initial interest in PPCPs and their deleterious effects on the environment was noted as early as th...

The life and career of Fred Basolo (1920–2007), dean of American coordination chemistry, 1983 President of the American Chemical Society, and contributor to inorganic chemistry, coordination chemistry, physical chemistry, and chemical education over a span of more than half a century, are discussed in this obituary-tribute.

On February 27, 2007, Fred Basolo, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Northwestern University, died of congestive heart failure at age 87 in Skokie, Illinois.

This obituary-tribute for Fred Basolo (1920–2007), the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Northwestern University and 1983 President of the American Chemical Society, who died of congestive heart failure on February 27, 2007, discusses his life and work in chemical education, coordination chemistry, inorganic reactio...

SummaryA summary of the letters exchanged between the Swedish chemist and mineralogist Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand and the Danish chemist Sophus Mads Jørgensen between the years 1870 and 1897 is presented, along with occasional excerpts, which give some idea of the ‘flavor’ of the correspondence and throw light on the personalities of the writers....

cis-dichloro(dipyridine)-platinum(II);trans-dichloro(dipyridine)-platinum(II);hydrochloric acid;potassium chloride;tetrapyridineplatinum(II) chloride

cis-dichlorodiammine-platinum(II);trans-dichlorodiammine-platinum(II);hydrochloric acid;tetrachloroplatinic(II) acid;potassium tetrachloroplatinate (II)

Potassium l-Trioxalatocobaltate (III) 3-Hydrate Potassium d-Trioxalatocobaltate (III) 3-Hydrate

copper(1) iodide;potassium iodide;potassium cyanide;zinc-blende structure;decomposition

potassium peroxydisulfate;silver pyridine;potassium hydroxide;tetrakis(pyridine)silver(2+) peroxydisulfate;ammonia

cis–Tetrachlorobis(Diethyl Sulfide)Platinum(IV) trans–Tetrachlorobis(Diethylsulfide)Platinum (IV)

trans-Tricarbonylbis(triphenylphosphine)iron(0) trans-Tricarbonylbis(methyldiphenylphosphine)iron(0) trans-Tricarbonylbis(diphenylphosphine)iron(0) trans-Tricarbonylbis(tributylphosphine)iron(0)

diisothiocyanatotetrapyridine;sodium hydroxide;hydrochloric acid;chloroform;inorganic synthesis

tetrakis[iodo(tri-n-butylphosphine)-copper(I)];iodo-(2,2′-bipyridine)-(tri-n-butylphosphine)copper(I);X-ray diffraction;copper(I) iodide;ethanol

(+)-Dodecaamminehexa-μ-hydroxo-tetracobalt(III)Di[bis(μ-d-tartrato)diantimonate(III) Iodide Dodecahydrate,(+)-[Co{(OH)2Co(NH3)4}3][Sb2(d-C4H2O6)2]2I2.12H2O (+)-Dodecaamminehexa-μ-hydroxo-tetracobalt(III)Bromide Dihydrate, (+)-[Co{(OH)2Co(NH3)4}3]Br6.2H2O (-)-Dodecaamminehexa-μ-hydroxo-tetracobalt(III)Bromide dihydrate,(-)-[Co{(OH)2Co(NH3)4}3]Br6.2H...

cis-tetrachloro(dipyridine)iridium(IV);trans-tetrachloro(dipyridine)iridium(IV);oxidation;iridium(IV) chloride;nitric acid

palladium(II) chloride;tetraamminepalladium(II) chloride;trans-dichlorodiamminepalladium(II);tetraamminepalladium(II) tetrachloropalladate(II);hydrochloric acid

tris (3-nitro-2,4-pentanedionato) cobalt(III);copper(II) nitrate 3-hydrate;acetic anhydride;chloroform;ethanol

phosphorus cyanide;silver chloride;silver cyanide;carbon tetrachloride;chloroform

tris[tetrammine-μ-dihydroxo-cobalt(III)] cobalt(III) sulfate;cis-chloroaquotetramminecobalt(III) sulfate;ammonium carbonate;hydrochloric acid;sulfuric acid

cis-tetrachlorodiammine-platinum(IV);trans-tetrachlorodiammine-platinum(IV);potassium permanganate;ozone;nitric acid

diperoxotriamminechromium(IV);ammonia;chromium(VI) oxide;hydrogen peroxide;ammonium dichromate

dipyridinesilver(I) perchlorate;pyridine;bromine;iodine;sulfuric acid

potassium trioxalatogermate(V);potassium oxalate;ethanol;pptical isomers;inorganic synthesis

d-Tris(1,10-phenanthroline) nicle (II) Perchlorate 3-Hydrate l-Tris(1,10-phenanthroline) nicle (II) Perchlorate 3-Hydrate

ammonium hexachloroplatinate(iv);hydrochloric acid;platinum;suction filtration;ammonium chloride

hexaamminecobalt(II) chloride;thermal decomposition;gaseous ammonia;anhydrous cobalt(II) chloride;ethanol

pyridinium hexachloroplumbate(iv);hydrochloric acid;chlorine;hydrolysis;lead(iv) chloride

nitrosyl hexachloroplatinate(IV);platinum;nitrosyl chloride;nitrosylsulfuric acid;sodium nitrite

dichlordioxobis(dimethyl sulphoxide)molybdenum(VI);hydrochloric acid;decomposition;hexamethylphosphoramide;inorganic synthesis

Potassium Vanadate(V) Potassium13-Vanadomanganate(IV)18-Hydrate Reduced Potassium 13-Vanadomangante(IV) Ammonium 13-Vanadomanganate(IV)18-Hydrate and 5-Hydrate Potassium 13-Vanadonickelate(IV) 16-Hydrate

chloro(pyridine)iodine(I);carbon tetrachloride solution;phosphorus(V) oxide;ethanol solution;phenols

trans-Dichlorobis(1,2-ethanediamine monohydro-chloride)platinum(II) cis-Dichlorobis(1,2-ethanediamine)platinum(IV) Chloride

μ3thio-trisilver(1+) nitrate;nitric acid;carbon disulfide;silver nitrate;decomposition

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Luigi Ciamician (1857-1922) this article summarizes the life and career of this Italian-Armenian founder of green chemistry with emphasis on his work on pyrroles, plant chemistry, photochemistry, solar energy, the environment, and politics.