Howard Zimmerman
Howard Zimmerman · Science & Medicine
Organic chemist, a founder of mechanistic organic photochemistry
1926, New York City, United States — 2012, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
United States
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Howard E. Zimmerman was an American organic chemist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who founded the field of mechanistic organic photochemistry, elucidating how molecules rearrange when excited by light (including the di-pi-methane 'Zimmerman' rearrangement). His work established the theoretical basis of modern photochemistry. He is Jewish.
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Organic chemist, a founder of mechanistic organic photochemistry
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
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