Shmaryahu Hoz (

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: שמריהו הוז) (born 1945) is a Professor Emeritus specializing in physical organic chemistry and computational nanotechnology.

Biography

Shmaryahu Hoz was born in Jerusalem in 1945. He received a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Physics and an M.Sc. in Chemistry from the

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Bar Ilan University and did post-doctoral studies at the

University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California syste ...

with Prof. Joseph F. Bunnett. He joined the Chemistry Department at Bar Ilan University in 1975. His major research areas are: physical organic chemistry, the chemistry of SmI₂, computational nanotechnology and the effects of electric fields on structure and reactivity.

Administrative activities

Professor Hoz has held several administrative positions at Bar Ilan University. He served as the Head of the Department of Chemistry and subsequently as Vice President for Research of the University. In his capacity as a VPR, he established the brain research center and set in place the foundations for the School of Engineering. For many years, Professor Hoz was in charge of the parliamentary aspects of the Board of Trustees of the University and headed the By-Laws Committee of the Senate of the University. He currently serves as senior advisor to the university president and the head of the Responsa Project.

Scientific activities

His major scientific achievements are: the discovery of the catalytic effect of fluoride ion; the discovery of the zwitterionic

bicyclobutane Bicyclobutane is an organic compound with the formula C4H6. It is a bicyclic molecule consisting of two ''cis''-fused cyclopropane rings, and is a colorless and easily condensed gas. Bicyclobutane is noted for being one of the most strained co ...

; the formulation of the leading theory on the origin of the α-effect; the relationship between

nucleophilicity In chemistry, a nucleophile is a chemical species that forms bonds by donating an electron pair. All molecules and ions with a free pair of electrons or at least one pi bond can act as nucleophiles. Because nucleophiles donate electrons, they are ...

and the Periodic Table; the discovery of a molecule forty times harder than diamond in one dimension; the first discovery of a molecule having a negative Poisson’s ratio; the formulation of guidelines and methods for the use of SmI2 in organic reactions.''Org. Lett.'' 2014, ''16 (15)'' ''3876–3879'', doi:10.1021/ol501490f; ''J. Am. Chem. Soc.'' 2011, ''133 (37)'', ''14795–14803'', doi:10.1021/ja205885q; ''J. Am. Chem. Soc.'' 2009, ''131 (23)'', ''8280–8284'', doi:10.1021/ja9013997.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoz, Shmaryahu 1945 births Living people Academic staff of Bar-Ilan University Israeli chemists Jewish chemists Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Computational chemists