This Week in Chemical History
June 16
- Henry E. Roscoe announced the isolation of metallic vanadium in 1869.
- Georg Wittig, born 1897, researcher in organophosphorus chemistry (Wittig reaction); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1979).
- Otto Eisenschiml, born 1880, devised means to determine whether vegetable oils contaminated with fish oils; American Civil War historian.
June 17
- William Crookes, born 1832, separated uranium into two parts (naming new one uranium-X); in 1861, discovered thallium (Tl, 81).
- William Perkin, Jr., born 1860, synthesized terpenes and alkaloids.
- Byron Riegel, born 1906, researched oral contraceptives.
June 18
- E. D. Hughes, born 1906, researcher in physical organic chemistry.
- Jerome Karle, born 1918, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1985).
- Charles Baskerville, born 1870, developed processes for refining and hydrogenation of oils, plastic compositions and reinforced lead; researched anesthetic chemistry.
- Dudley R. Herschbach, born 1932, developed molecular beams to study products of collisions, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1986).
June 19
June 20
- Mary L. Good, born 1931, researcher in inorganic chemistry; industrial chemist; president of American Chemical Society (1987–1988).
- W. R. Grace and Co. incorporated in 1899.
- L. B. Magnusson and T. J. La Chappelle isolated the first microscopic quantity of a compound of neptunium (Np, 93) at University of Chicago in 1944.
June 21
- Lockheed incorporated in 1932.
June 22
- Nathaniel Howell Furman, born 1892, researched analytical separation of uranium.
