Saul Winstein (October 8, 1912 – November 23, 1969) was a Jewish Canadian chemist who discovered the ''
Winstein reaction.'' He argued a
non-classical cation was needed to explain the stability of the norbornyl cation. This fueled a debate with
Herbert C. Brown over the existence of σ-delocalized carbocations. Winstein also first proposed the concept of an
intimate ion pair
In chemistry, the intimate ion pair concept, introduced by Saul Winstein, describes the interactions between a cation, anion and surrounding solvent molecules. In ordinary aqueous solutions of inorganic salts, an ion is completely solvated and sh ...
. He was co-author of the
Grunwald–Winstein equation, concerning solvolysis rates.
Richard F. Heck, who earlier in his career had undertaken postgraduate studies with Winstein, won the 2010
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry () is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outst ...
.
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UCLA Biography
1912 births
1969 deaths
Jewish Canadian scientists
Jewish chemists
Canadian chemists
National Medal of Science laureates
Canadian expatriates in the United States
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