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| George Fraenkel was one of the pioneers of the use of electron spin resonance to address a broad range of chemical problems. This was an interesting time for chemists to avail themselves of technologies developed during the war, for example, microwave technology, which allowed the extension of spectroscopy into that frequency range. George built his own esr spectrometer using an ingenious and unusual design, different from that generally adopted by others and by commercial instruments that followed, such as the Varian spectrometer. However, he was interested in and actively participated in research in other areas, such as theoretical chemistry, e.g. the Karplus-Fraenkel theory of spin densities in paramagnetic organic molecules and extensions thereof. Interestingly, his doctoral thesis was in theoretical chemistry and his director was Peter Debye. Other aspects of his versatile scientific life will presented. |
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General Papers
9:00 AM-11:45 AM, Sunday, April 6, 2008 Marriott Convention Center -- Fulton, Oral
Division of the History of Chemistry |