Jack R. Norton

Jack Richard Norton
Born
Alma materHarvard (B.A.), Stanford (Ph.D.)
Known forTransition-metal hydrides
AwardsACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry (2005)
Cope Scholar Award (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry (catalysis, mechanistic organometallic chemistry, physical organic chemistry, chemical kinetics)
InstitutionsColumbia University
Doctoral advisorJames P. Collman (chemist)
Website[1]

Jack Richard Norton (born May 5, 1945) is an American organometallic chemist and Professor at Columbia University. His research has focused on the studying the reactivity and properties of transition metal hydrides. He coauthored the textbook "Principles and Applications of Organotransition Metal Chemistry."[1]

  1. ^ Collman, J. P., Hegedus, L. S., Norton, J. R., Finke, R. G., "Principles and Applications of Organotransition Metal Chemistry," University Science Books: Mill Valley, 1987. ISBN 9780935702514