Anthony J. Arduengo
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Anthony Joseph Arduengo III is Professor of the Practice at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Saxon Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Alabama, adjunct professor at the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry of Braunschweig University of Technology in Germany, and co-founder of the StanCE coalition for sustainable chemistry based on woody biomass (Xylochemistry). He is notable for his work on chemical compounds with unusual valency, especially in the field of stable carbene research.
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Born | Anthony Joseph Arduengo III 1952 Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
Alma mater | Georgia Institute of Technology |
Known for | Unusual Valency, Carbene Chemistry |
Awards | Alexander von Humboldt Prize; Fellow - American Association for the Advancement of Science; ICMGC Gold Medal for Excellence in Main-Group Element Chemistry |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Inorganic chemistry, Organic chemistry, Unusual Valency |
Institutions | Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Alabama; Technische Universität - Braunschweig; DuPont Central Research; University of Illinois |
Doctoral advisor | E.M. Burgess |
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