Edgar Heilbronner
Born May 13, 1921 in Munich, Germany. Professor Ordinarius für Physikalische Chemie und Vorsteher des Physikalisch-Chemischen Institits der Universität Basel, 1968. Retired 1988.
Honorary Science Degree of the University of Durham. Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Marcel Benoist Preis, Swiss Confederation. Honorary Science Degree of the University of Fribourg. Heyrovsky Medal of the Cechoslowakian Academy of Science.
Author of:
"Das HMO-Modell und seine Anwendung" E. Heilbronner and H. Bock (Band 1 : Grundlagen und Handhabung, Band 2 : Uebungsbeispiele mit Lösungen, Band 3 : Tabellen berechneter und experimenteller Grössen).
Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1968 (2. Auflage 1978).
Japanische Übersetzung : Hirokawa Publishing Co., Tokyo 1973.
Englische Übersetzung : John Wiley & Sons, London, New York 1976.
Chinesische Übersetzung, Beijing 1982/83.
Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1968 (2. Auflage 1978).
Japanische Übersetzung : Hirokawa Publishing Co., Tokyo 1973.
Englische Übersetzung : John Wiley & Sons, London, New York 1976.
Chinesische Übersetzung, Beijing 1982/83.
Important Contributions:
- Physical and chemical properties of non-alternant p-systems, mainly azulenes, tropylium cations and fulvenes.
- Experimental and theoretical investigation of electronic spectra of organic compounds, mainly of azulenes, annulenes and related systems.
- Molecular orbital theory of organic compounds and its application to ground-state and excited state properties of (mainly) non-alternant p-systems.
- Organic photoelectron spectroscopy, theory and practice.
- He was also one of the world's expert on chemistry on postal stamps and coauthored the book "A Philatelic Ramble through Chemistry " together with Foil A. Miller.
An obituary can be found at
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.200603850/epdf.