Werner, Alfred

WP Griffith, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002949

1866–1919 French - born Swiss scientist who laid the foundations of modern coordination chemistry.

Keywords: coordination chemistry; transition metals; cis-platin; isomerism; anticancer drugs

 Further Reading
    book Kauffmann GB (1966) Alfred Werner, Founder of Coordination Chemistry. Berlin: Springer Verlag.

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Griffith, WP(Apr 2001) Werner, Alfred. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002949]