Jubilees, Book of

Restrepo

2023

Chemistry A European J

The solicitation of nominations for the Nobel Prizes in Chemistry (NPch) is and has been the first step in the selection process since the very first awards were made in 1901. The number of nominations solicited by and provided to the Nobel Committee for Chemistry supports the belief by the nominators that their nominations are meaningful. In this publication, we examine data culled from the Nobel Prize Nomination Archives for the period 1901–1970 of the variable role of nominations in the selection process for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The evidence is overwhelming that nominations, in general, during the 1901–1970 period have not been the deciding, overriding factor in the selection of the recipients of the NPch. Rather, we posit that nominations from the preselected nominator‐pool have been a source of information for the Committee, used to suggest future years’ contenders and possibly served as motivation for the Committee to seek nominations for specific nominees for future years. It is also clear that selections are often influenced by personal prejudices, for example, friendships, rivalries, and nationality.

“…A full analysis of Ingold's failure to be so honored is reported elsewhere by us. [44] Our conclusion: personal bias against Ingold.…”

Section: Highly Nominated But Unchosenmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: A Nobel Irony: Justification For the Validation Of The Nomin...mentioning

confidence: 98%

The Uncertain Role of Nominations for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry^†

Restrepo

2023

Chemistry A European J

“…But we have gotten a bit ahead of ourselves in this story that begat a revolution in chemistry. [8][9][10] In 1965, Gerhard Fonken reported the thermal and photochemical transformations of two medium sized ring 1,3butadienes (eq. 7 and eq.…”

Section: A Summary Of Publications 1-10 In the Wà H Seriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(7) (8) Today we know that the orbital symmetry rules, the Woodward-Hoffmann rules, explain the mechanism of all pericyclic reactions -at least, as claimed by Woodward in his famous statement, "Violations. There are none!"…”

Section: A Summary Of Publications 1-10 In the Wà H Seriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Introduction to “The Woodward‐Hoffmann Rules. From May 5, 1964, to November 30, 1964”**

2023

The Chemical Record

An introduction is provided to Publication 11 in the series of articles by the author on the history of the Woodward‐Hoffmann (W−H) rules. Now permanently open access (CC‐BY) at http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.joc.5b01792, Paper 11 was published in 2015 in The Journal of Organic Chemistry to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the W−H rules. This paper summarizes the content of Publications 1–10 in the series and provides an idea of the major components of Publication 11.

“…These will be published along with their solutions, when known, in due course. [43] For the purposes of this publication and to unmistakably share Woodward's response to challenges of the mysterious type, two Woodward anecdotes will now be told.…”

Section: Puzzles and Woodward's Five Mysterious Reactionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fifty Years of a Dispute. A Triptych: Why Woodward?**

2022

The Chemical Record