Sir Christopher Kelk Ingold | |
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 Ingold, as photographed in Michigan State University. | |
| Born | 28 October 1893 London, England |
| Died | 8 December 1970 (aged 77) Edgware, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Hartley University College (now University of Southampton) Imperial College London |
| Known for | Organic reaction mechanisms Cahn–Ingold–Prelog rules Hughes–Ingold rules Thorpe-Ingold effect |
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| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Imperial College London University of Leeds University College London |
| Thesis | Formation and stability of carbon rings (1921) |
| Academic advisors | Jocelyn Field Thorpe |
| Doctoral students | Ronald Gillespie Ronald Sydney Nyholm[2] Peter de la Mare |
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Sir Christopher Kelk Ingold BEM FRS[1] (28 October 1893 – 8 December 1970) was a British chemist based in Leeds and London. His groundbreaking work in the 1920s and 1930s on reaction mechanisms and the electronic structure of organic compounds was responsible for the introduction into mainstream chemistry of concepts such as nucleophile, electrophile, inductive and resonance effects, and such descriptors as SN1, SN2, E1, and E2. He also was a co-author of the Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules. Ingold is regarded as one of the chief pioneers of physical organic chemistry.[3][4][5]
- ^ a b Shoppee, C. W. (1972). "Christopher Kelk Ingold. 1893-1970". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 18: 348–411. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1972.0012.
- ^ Livingstone, Stanley E. "Nyholm, Sir Ronald Sydney (1917–1971)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
- ^ Saltzman, M. D. (1986). "The development of physical organic chemistry in the United States and the United Kingdom: 1919–1939, parallels and contrasts". Journal of Chemical Education. 63 (7): 588. Bibcode:1986JChEd..63..588S. doi:10.1021/ed063p588.(subscription required)
- ^ Ingold, C. K. (1953). Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-0499-1.
- ^ Ingold, Christopher K. (1934). "Principles of an Electronic Theory of Organic Reactions". Chemical Reviews. 15 (2): 238–274. doi:10.1021/cr60051a003.