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3 unusual facts about Henry Gilman


Organolithium reagent

Studies of organolithium reagents began in the 1930 and were pioneered by Karl Ziegler, Georg Wittig and Henry Gilman.

Organoplatinum

"Tetramethylplatinum" was claimed in 1952 by Henry Gilman as a derivative of this tetramer, but this claim was later shown to be incorrect ("Tetramethylplatinum" proved to be PtMe3OH4).

Organouranium chemistry

For example Henry Gilman attempted to synthesize compounds like tetramethyluranium and others worked on uranium metal carbonyls but none of the efforts met success due to organouranium instability.



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