1912– English-born American chemist who opened the field of organoborane chemistry.
Keywords: organoborane; boron; borohydride
Brown, Herbert Charles
Katherine D Watson, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002744
| Further Reading | |
| book Brown HC (1972) Boranes in Organic Chemistry. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. | |
| book Brown HC (1980) Herbert C. Brown. A Life in Chemistry. West Lafayette, IN: Department of Chemistry, Purdue University. | |
| book Pelter A, Smith K and Brown HC (1988) Borane Reagents. London: Academic Press. | |
| Brewster JH and Negishi E (1980) Brown: passes through the mountains. Science 207: 44–46. | |
| book James LK (ed.) (1993) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992. Washington DC: American Chemical Society and Chemical Heritage Foundation. | |
| book McMurray EJ (ed.) (1995) Notable Twentieth Century Scientists. New York and London: Gale Research. | |
| book Wasson T (ed.) (1987) Nobel Prize Winners. New York: HW Wilson Company. | |
