Michael F. Lappert
Appearance
Michael Lappert | |
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Born | 31 December 1928 |
Died | 28 March 2014[1] | (aged 85)
Alma mater | Northern Polytechnic |
Scientific career | |
Fields | inorganic chemistry |
Thesis | Interaction of boron trichloride with alcohols and ethers (1951) |
Michael Franz Lappert FRS[1](31 December 1928 – 28 March 2014)[2] was an inorganic chemist. Mainly located at the University of Sussex, he was recognized for contributions to organometallic complexes.[3]
Education
He received his PhD in 1951 at the Northern Polytechnic, London.[citation needed]
Career and research
His areas of research often included studies on low coordination numbers and metal amido complexes.[4][5]
Awards and honours
Lappert was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1979.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Leigh, G. Jeffery; Nixon, John F. (2016). "Michael Franz Lappert. 31 December 1928 — 28 March 2014". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. London: Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2016.0014.
- ^ "Professor Michael Franz Lappert FRS". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Prof Michael Lappert, FRS's Biography". Debretts. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
- ^ Michael Lappert, Andrey Protchenko, Philip Power, Alexandra Seeber "Metal Amide Chemistry" Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2009. ISBN 0-470-72184-7
- ^ Bourget-Merle, L.; Lappert, M. F.; Severn, J. R. (2002). "The Chemistry of β-Diketiminatometal Complexes". Chem. Rev. 102: 3031–3066. doi:10.1021/cr010424r.