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The history and triumph of physical organic chemistry
Author(s) -
Lenoir Dieter,
Tidwell Thomas T.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of physical organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1395
pISSN - 0894-3230
DOI - 10.1002/poc.3838
Subject(s) - chemistry , faraday cage , history of chemistry , physical organic chemistry , bioorganic chemistry , nanotechnology , polymer science , organic chemistry , astrobiology , epistemology , history of science , magnetic field , philosophy , physics , materials science , quantum mechanics , enzyme
The beginnings of physical organic chemistry can be traced back to the early 19th Century in the work of Michael Faraday, and this area of study gained great prominence with the discovery by Moses Gomberg of the triphenylmethyl radical in 1900. From that time, the field has continually grown in its capabilities and now is widely used for the understanding of organic and bioorganic chemistry, using both experimental and theoretical approaches. Some of the history of this development is described.