Taube, Henry

1915–Canadian-born American chemist who pioneered work on the mechanisms of inorganic oxidation–reduction reactions.

Keywords: chemical bridge; mechanism; oxidation; reduction

 Further Reading
    book Taube H (1970) Electron Transfer Reactions of Complex Ions in Solution. New York: Academic Press.
    Taube H (1984) Electron transfer between metal complexes: retrospective. Science 226: 1028–1036.
    Gray HB and Collman JP (1983) The 1983 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Science 222: 986–987.
    book International Who's Who, 62nd edn (1998) London: Europa Publications.
    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.
    Stevenson R (1986) Henry Taube: the boy from the prairie who made good. Chemistry in Britain 22: 975–976.
    book Wasson T (ed.) (1987) Nobel Prize Winners. New York: HW Wilson Company.
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Watson, Katherine D(Apr 2001) Taube, Henry. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002928]