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Howard Zimmerman

Howard E. Zimmerman(July 5, 1926 – February 12, 2012) was a professor of chemistry at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison.[3]He was elected to theNational Academy of Sciencesin 1980[4]and the recipient of the 1986American Institute of ChemistsChemical Pioneer Award.[5][6]

Howard Zimmerman
Zimmermann in 2000
Born
Howard E. Zimmerman

(1926-07-05)July 5, 1926
New York City, New York[1]
DiedFebruary 12, 2012(2012-02-12)(aged 85)
Madison, Wisconsin[2]
Alma materYale University
Occupation(s)Professor of chemistry,
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Websitechem.wisc.edu

Biography

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Howard E. Zimmerman was a native ofConnecticut.[7]DuringWorld War II,he served in theU.S. Armored Corpsin Europe where he was a tank gunner. His final rank wastechnical sergeant.[8]He obtained a B. S. in Chemistry in 1950 and a Ph.D. in 1953 both fromYale University.[8]He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with aNational Research Councilfellowship from 1953 to 1954 working withR. B. Woodward(Harvard).[8]From 1954 to 1960 he was assistant professor atNorthwestern University.[8]Beginning in 1960 he was Associate Professor and then Professor at theUniversity of Wisconsin,[8]and from 1990 he was Hilldale and A. C. Cope Professor of Chemistry. His publications number over 285 (including 11 chapters).

Zimmerman gave ACS Short Courses on organicquantum chemistryandmolecular orbital theory.He authored a 1975 textbook entitledQuantum Mechanics for Organic Chemists.[9]Zimmerman was the organizer of the 1972IUPACPhotochemistrySymposium (Baden-Baden) and of fivePacifichemSymposia – the last being Pacifichem 2010.

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Selected bibliography

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  • "The Stereochemistry of the Ketonization Reaction of Enols," Zimmerman, H. E. J. Org. Chem., 1955, 20, 549-557.ISSN0022-3263
  • "The Stereochemistry of the Ivanov and Reformatsky Reactions. I," Zimmerman, H. E.; Traxler, M. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 1920-1923.ISSN0002-7863
  • "The Photochemical Rearrangement of 4,4-Diphenylcyclohexadienone. Paper I on a General Theory of Photochemical Reactions," Zimmerman, H. E.; Schuster, D. I. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1961, 83, 4486-4487.ISSN0002-7863
  • "On Molecular Orbital Correlation Diagrams, the Occurrence of Möbius Systems in Cyclization Reactions, and Factors Controlling Ground and Excited State Reactions. I," Zimmerman, H. E. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1966, 88, 1564-1565.ISSN0002-7863
  • "Photochemical Migratory Aptitudes in Cyclohexenones. Mechanistic and Exploratory Organic Photochemistry. XXIII," Zimmerman, H. E.; Rieke, R. D.; Scheffer, J. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1967, 89, 2033-2047.ISSN0002-7863
  • "The Di-π-Methane Rearrangement. Interaction of Electronically Excited Vinyl Chromophores. Zimmerman, H. E.; Mariano, P. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1969, 91, 1718-1727.ISSN0002-7863
  • "The Barrelene to Semibullvalene Transformation. Correlation of Excited State Potential Energy Surfaces With Reactivity. Mechanistic and Exploratory Organic Photochemistry. XLIV," Zimmerman, H. E.; Binkley, R. W.; Givens, R. S.; Sherwin, M. A.; Grunewald, G. L.; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1969, 91, 3316-3323.ISSN0002-7863.
  • "The Möbius-Hückel Concept in Organic Chemistry. Application to Organic Molecules and Reactions," Zimmerman, H. E. Acc. Chem. Res., 1971, 4, 272-280.ISSN0001-4842
  • "Quantum Mechanics for Organic Chemists," Zimmerman, H. E. Academic Press, New York, 1975.ISBN0-12-781650-X
  • "Some Theoretical Aspects of Organic Photochemistry," Zimmerman, H. E. Accts. of Chem. Research, 1982, 10, 312-317.ISSN0001-4842
  • "Kinetic Protonation of Enols, Enolates and Analogs; The Stereochemistry of Ketonization," Zimmerman, H. E.. Accounts of Chem. Res.', 1987, 20, 263-268.ISSN0001-4842
  • "Regioselectivity of the Birch Reduction", Zimmerman, H. E.; Wang, P. A., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1993, 115, 2205-2216.ISSN0002-7863
  • "The Meta Effect in Organic Photochemistry; Mechanistic and Exploratory Organic Photochemistry", Zimmerman, H. E., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 8988-8991.ISSN0002-7863
  • "Synthetic Aspects of the Di-π-methane Rearrangement", Zimmerman, H. E.; Armesto, D. Chem. Revs, 1996, 96, 3065-3112.ISSN0009-2665
  • "Energy Distribution and Redistribution and Chemical Reactivity. The Generalized Delta Overlap-Density Method for Ground State and Electron Transfer Reactions; A new Quantitative Counterpart of Electron Pushing”, Zimmerman, H. E.; Alabugin, I. V. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 121, 2265-2270ISSN0002-7863
  • “Inter and Intramolecular Stereoselective Protonation of Enols”, Zimmerman, H. E.; Wang, P., J. Org. Chem. 2002, 69, 9216-9226.ISSN0022-3263
  • "Triplet Photochemistry of Vinyl Cyclopropenes; Mechanistic and Exploratory Organic Photochemistry", Zimmerman, H. E., J Org. Chem. 2009, 73, 1247-1251.ISSN0022-3263.

References

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  1. ^"Obituaries: Zimmerman, Howard E."Madison.February 19, 2012.Archivedfrom the original on 28 January 2013.Retrieved22 February2012.
  2. ^Tenenbaum, David."Howard Zimmerman, pioneer in organic chemistry, dies at 85".University of Wisconsin–Madison News.University of Wisconsin–Madison.Archivedfrom the original on 24 February 2012.Retrieved22 February2012.
  3. ^"Faculty Info".University of Wisconsin. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-08-18.Retrieved2010-04-05.
  4. ^"National Academy of Sciences".Archivedfrom the original on 2011-06-22.Retrieved2010-04-05.
  5. ^"Chemical Pioneer Award".American Institute of Chemists. Archived fromthe originalon 2004-01-17.Retrieved2010-04-05.
  6. ^Schuster, D. I. (2012), Howard E. Zimmerman (1926–2012). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51: 5286–5288.doi:10.1002/anie.201202970
  7. ^"EPA Newsletter"(PDF).European Phocochemistry Association. December 2006.Archived(PDF)from the original on 2011-07-20.Retrieved2010-04-07.
  8. ^abcdefghijklmn"IAPS Newsletter"(PDF).28.Inter American Photochemical Society. 2006. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2011-07-26.Retrieved2010-04-07.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help)
  9. ^Zimmerman, Howard E. (1975).Quantum mechanics for organic chemists.New York: Academic Press.ISBN978-0-12-781650-0.OCLC1104091.
  10. ^"Prizes for High Scholarship or Character".Yale University.Archivedfrom the original on 2010-05-29.Retrieved2010-04-08.
  11. ^"James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry".American Chemical Society.Archivedfrom the original on 2012-02-24.Retrieved2010-04-08.
  12. ^abAwards by Topic,American Chemical Society,archivedfrom the original on 2012-03-09,retrieved2010-04-08
  13. ^Anthony Trozzolo (2006), Pat Green (ed.),"A transient lifetime in photochemistry"(PDF),The Spectrum,19(3),ISSN1044-5536,archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2010-03-07,retrieved2010-04-08
  14. ^abcdAwards,UW Madison - Department of Chemistry, archived fromthe originalon 2010-03-10,retrieved2010-04-08
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