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Charles Roy Hauser (March 8, 1900 – January 6, 1970) was an American chemist. Hauser was a member of the
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Charles Roy Hauser.
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and a professor of chemistry at
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Notable work

The
Sommelet–Hauser rearrangement The Sommelet–Hauser rearrangement (named after M. Sommelet and Charles R. Hauser''Rearrangements of Benzyltrimethylammonium Ion and Related Quaternary Ammonium Ions by Sodium Amide Involving Migration into the Ring'' Simon W. Kantor, Charles R. H ...
is a named reaction based on the work of Hauser and Sommelet involving the rearrangement of certain benzyl quaternary ammonium salts. Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 4, p.585 (1963); Vol. 34, p.61 (1954
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The reagent is sodium amide or another alkali metal amide and the reaction product a ''N'',''N''-dialkylbenzylamine with a new alkyl group in the
aromatic ortho position Arene substitution patterns are part of organic chemistry IUPAC nomenclature and pinpoint the position of substituents other than hydrogen in relation to each other on an aromatic hydrocarbon. ''Ortho'', ''meta'', and ''para'' substitution * I ...
. For example, benzyltrimethylammonium iodide, C6H5CH2)N(CH3)3, rearranges in the presence of sodium amide to yield the ''o''-methyl derivative of ''N'',''N''-dimethylbenzylamine. :


Awards

His contributions were recognized by the following awards: * 1957 the Florida Section Award * 1962 the Herty Medal * 1967 the Medal for Synthetic Organic Chemistry from the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers' Association


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hauser, Charles R. 1900 births 1970 deaths 20th-century American chemists Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences