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| '''Walter Hieber''' was an ], known as the father of ] chemistry. He was born 18 December, 1895 and died 29 November, 1976. Hieber was |
'''Walter Hieber''' was an ], known as the father of ] chemistry.<ref>Fischer, E. O., "Walter Hieber 1895-1976", Chemische Berichte, 1979, volume 112, XXI-XXXIX</ref> He was born 18 December, 1895 and died 29 November, 1976. Hieber father was Johannes Hieber, an influential evangelical minister and politician. | ||
| Hieber was educated at Tübingen,<ref>''Über Komplexverbindungen des dreiwertigen Eisens mit unterphosphoriger Säure'', Dissertation, Tübingen 1919.</ref> Würzburg,<ref>''Zur Kenntnis der chemischen Reaktionen des Eisencarbonyls'', Habil.-Schrift, Würzburg 1929.</ref> and Heidelberg. In 1935 he was appointed Director of the Inorganic Chemical Institute at the Technical University in Münich. He discovered metal carbonyl ]s such as H<sub>2</sub>Fe(CO)<sub>4</sub> and HMn(CO)<sub>5</sub>. He developed that metal carbonyls undergo ] attack by ], the “Hieber base reaction.” He and his students discovered several metal carbonyl compounds such as ] and ]<ref>Hieber, W. and Stallmann, H., "Über Osmiumcarbonyle", Zeitschrifft fur Elektrochemie, 1943, volume 49, page 288-292.</ref> He pioneered the development of metal carbonyl sulfides.<ref>Hieber, W. and Scharfenberg, C., "Einwirkung organischer Schwefelverbindungen auf die Carbonyls des Eisens", Chemische Berichte, 1940, volume 73, pages 1012-1021.</ref> | Hieber was educated at Tübingen,<ref>''Über Komplexverbindungen des dreiwertigen Eisens mit unterphosphoriger Säure'', Dissertation, Tübingen 1919.</ref> Würzburg,<ref>''Zur Kenntnis der chemischen Reaktionen des Eisencarbonyls'', Habil.-Schrift, Würzburg 1929.</ref> and Heidelberg. In 1935 he was appointed Director of the Inorganic Chemical Institute at the Technical University in Münich. He discovered metal carbonyl ]s such as H<sub>2</sub>Fe(CO)<sub>4</sub> and HMn(CO)<sub>5</sub>. He developed that metal carbonyls undergo ] attack by ], the “Hieber base reaction.” He and his students discovered several metal carbonyl compounds such as ] and ]<ref>Hieber, W. and Stallmann, H., "Über Osmiumcarbonyle", Zeitschrifft fur Elektrochemie, 1943, volume 49, page 288-292.</ref> He pioneered the development of metal carbonyl sulfides.<ref>Hieber, W. and Scharfenberg, C., "Einwirkung organischer Schwefelverbindungen auf die Carbonyls des Eisens", Chemische Berichte, 1940, volume 73, pages 1012-1021.</ref> | ||
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Walter Hieber was an inorganic chemist, known as the father of metal carbonyl chemistry. He was born 18 December, 1895 and died 29 November, 1976. Hieber father was Johannes Hieber, an influential evangelical minister and politician.
Hieber was educated at Tübingen, Würzburg, and Heidelberg. In 1935 he was appointed Director of the Inorganic Chemical Institute at the Technical University in Münich. He discovered metal carbonyl hydrides such as H2Fe(CO)4 and HMn(CO)5. He developed that metal carbonyls undergo nucleophilic attack by hydroxide, the “Hieber base reaction.” He and his students discovered several metal carbonyl compounds such as Re2(CO)10 and Os3(CO)12 He pioneered the development of metal carbonyl sulfides.
Hieber was highly decorated for his work, including in 1951 the Alfred Stock Prize. One of his most famous students was Nobel prize winner Ernst Otto Fischer.
References
- Fischer, E. O., "Walter Hieber 1895-1976", Chemische Berichte, 1979, volume 112, XXI-XXXIX
- Über Komplexverbindungen des dreiwertigen Eisens mit unterphosphoriger Säure, Dissertation, Tübingen 1919.
- Zur Kenntnis der chemischen Reaktionen des Eisencarbonyls, Habil.-Schrift, Würzburg 1929.
- Hieber, W. and Stallmann, H., "Über Osmiumcarbonyle", Zeitschrifft fur Elektrochemie, 1943, volume 49, page 288-292.
- Hieber, W. and Scharfenberg, C., "Einwirkung organischer Schwefelverbindungen auf die Carbonyls des Eisens", Chemische Berichte, 1940, volume 73, pages 1012-1021.