Howard Zimmerman

Howard Zimmerman
Zimmermann in 2000
Born
Howard E. Zimmerman

(1926-07-05)July 5, 1926
New York City, New York[1]
DiedFebruary 12, 2012(2012-02-12) (aged 85)
Madison, Wisconsin[2]
Alma materYale University
Occupation(s)Professor of chemistry,
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Websitechem.wisc.edu

Howard E. Zimmerman (July 5, 1926 – February 12, 2012) was a professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[3] He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1980[4] and the recipient of the 1986 American Institute of Chemists Chemical Pioneer Award.[5][6]

Biography

Howard E. Zimmerman was a native of Connecticut.[7] During World War II, he served in the U.S. Armored Corps in Europe where he was a tank gunner. His final rank was technical sergeant.[8] He obtained a B. S. in Chemistry in 1950 and a Ph.D. in 1953 both from Yale University.[8] He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with a National Research Council fellowship from 1953 to 1954 working with R. B. Woodward (Harvard).[8] From 1954 to 1960 he was assistant professor at Northwestern University.[8] Beginning in 1960 he was Associate Professor and then Professor at the University of Wisconsin,[8] and from 1990 he was Hilldale and A. C. Cope Professor of Chemistry. His publications number over 285 (including 11 chapters).

Zimmerman gave ACS Short Courses on organic quantum chemistry and molecular orbital theory. He authored a 1975 textbook entitled Quantum Mechanics for Organic Chemists.[9] Zimmerman was the organizer of the 1972 IUPAC Photochemistry Symposium (Baden-Baden) and of five Pacifichem Symposia – the last being Pacifichem 2010.

Honors

Selected bibliography

  • "The Stereochemistry of the Ketonization Reaction of Enols," Zimmerman, H. E. J. Org. Chem., 1955, 20, 549-557. ISSN 0022-3263
  • "The Stereochemistry of the Ivanov and Reformatsky Reactions. I," Zimmerman, H. E.; Traxler, M. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 1920-1923. ISSN 0002-7863
  • "The Photochemical Rearrangement of 4,4-Diphenylcyclohexadienone. Paper I on a General Theory of Photochemical Reactions," Zimmerman, H. E.; Schuster, D. I. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1961, 83, 4486-4487. ISSN 0002-7863
  • "On Molecular Orbital Correlation Diagrams, the Occurrence of Möbius Systems in Cyclization Reactions, and Factors Controlling Ground and Excited State Reactions. I," Zimmerman, H. E. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1966, 88, 1564-1565. ISSN 0002-7863
  • "Photochemical Migratory Aptitudes in Cyclohexenones. Mechanistic and Exploratory Organic Photochemistry. XXIII," Zimmerman, H. E.; Rieke, R. D.; Scheffer, J. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1967, 89, 2033-2047. ISSN 0002-7863
  • "The Di-π-Methane Rearrangement. Interaction of Electronically Excited Vinyl Chromophores. Zimmerman, H. E.; Mariano, P. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1969, 91, 1718-1727. ISSN 0002-7863
  • "The Barrelene to Semibullvalene Transformation. Correlation of Excited State Potential Energy Surfaces With Reactivity. Mechanistic and Exploratory Organic Photochemistry. XLIV," Zimmerman, H. E.; Binkley, R. W.; Givens, R. S.; Sherwin, M. A.; Grunewald, G. L.; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1969, 91, 3316-3323. ISSN 0002-7863 .
  • "The Möbius-Hückel Concept in Organic Chemistry. Application to Organic Molecules and Reactions," Zimmerman, H. E. Acc. Chem. Res., 1971, 4, 272-280. ISSN 0001-4842
  • "Quantum Mechanics for Organic Chemists," Zimmerman, H. E. Academic Press, New York, 1975. ISBN 0-12-781650-X
  • "Some Theoretical Aspects of Organic Photochemistry," Zimmerman, H. E. Accts. of Chem. Research, 1982, 10, 312-317. ISSN 0001-4842
  • "Kinetic Protonation of Enols, Enolates and Analogs; The Stereochemistry of Ketonization," Zimmerman, H. E.. Accounts of Chem. Res.', 1987, 20, 263-268. ISSN 0001-4842
  • "Regioselectivity of the Birch Reduction", Zimmerman, H. E.; Wang, P. A., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1993, 115, 2205-2216. ISSN 0002-7863
  • "The Meta Effect in Organic Photochemistry; Mechanistic and Exploratory Organic Photochemistry", Zimmerman, H. E., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 8988-8991. ISSN 0002-7863
  • "Synthetic Aspects of the Di-π-methane Rearrangement", Zimmerman, H. E.; Armesto, D. Chem. Revs, 1996, 96, 3065-3112. ISSN 0009-2665
  • "Energy Distribution and Redistribution and Chemical Reactivity. The Generalized Delta Overlap-Density Method for Ground State and Electron Transfer Reactions; A new Quantitative Counterpart of Electron Pushing”, Zimmerman, H. E.; Alabugin, I. V. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 121, 2265-2270 ISSN 0002-7863
  • “Inter and Intramolecular Stereoselective Protonation of Enols”, Zimmerman, H. E.; Wang, P., J. Org. Chem. 2002, 69, 9216-9226. ISSN 0022-3263
  • "Triplet Photochemistry of Vinyl Cyclopropenes; Mechanistic and Exploratory Organic Photochemistry", Zimmerman, H. E., J Org. Chem. 2009, 73, 1247-1251. ISSN 0022-3263.

References

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  2. ^ Tenenbaum, David. "Howard Zimmerman, pioneer in organic chemistry, dies at 85". University of Wisconsin–Madison News. University of Wisconsin–Madison. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Faculty Info". University of Wisconsin. Archived from the original on 2012-08-18. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
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  5. ^ "Chemical Pioneer Award". American Institute of Chemists. Archived from the original on 2004-01-17. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  6. ^ Schuster, D. I. (2012), Howard E. Zimmerman (1926–2012). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51: 5286–5288. doi:10.1002/anie.201202970
  7. ^ "EPA Newsletter" (PDF). European Phocochemistry Association. December 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
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  9. ^ Zimmerman, Howard E. (1975). Quantum mechanics for organic chemists. New York: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-781650-0. OCLC 1104091.
  10. ^ "Prizes for High Scholarship or Character". Yale University. Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
  11. ^ "James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry". American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
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