George Andrew Olah | |
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 Olah in 2009 | |
| Born | Oláh András György May 22, 1927 |
| Died | March 8, 2017 (aged 89) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
| Known for | Carbocations via superacids |
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Judit Lengyel (m. 1949) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Fields | Chemistry |
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George Andrew Olah (born Oláh András György; May 22, 1927 – March 8, 2017) was a Hungarian-American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry."[3] He was also awarded the Priestley Medal, the highest honor granted by the American Chemical Society and F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society in 1996.[4][5][6]
After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he emigrated to the United Kingdom, which he left for Canada in 1964, finally resettling in the United States in 1965. According to György Marx, he was one of The Martians.[7]
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- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
- ^ George A. Olah (2000). A Life Of Magic Chemistry: Autobiographical Reflections of a Nobel Prize Winner. Wiley-Interscience. ISBN 978-0-471-15743-4.
- ^ "Exploring the Methanol Economy". NPR. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
- ^ My Search for Carbocations and Their Role in Chemistry Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1994, by George A. Olah
- ^ A marslakók legendája Archived 2022-04-09 at the Wayback Machine – György Marx