Saul Winstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Saul Winstein

Canadian chemist

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1912

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 23-Nov-1969

Profession: professor, chemist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Saul Winstein (October 8, 1912 – November 23, 1969) was a Jewish Canadian chemist who discovered the Winstein reaction.
He argued a non-classical cation was needed to explain the stability of the norbornyl cation.
This fueled a debate with Herbert C.
Brown over the existence of s-delocalized carbocations.
Winstein also first proposed the concept of an intimate ion pair.
He was co-author of the Grunwald–Winstein equation, concerning solvolysis rates.Richard F.
Heck, who earlier in his career had undertaken postgraduate studies with Winstein, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.