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 σ-delocalized carbocations. Winstein also first proposed the concept of an
intimate ion pair
In chemistry, the intimate ion pair concept, introduced by Saul Winstein, describes the interactions between a cation, anion and surrounding solvent molecules. In ordinary aqueous solutions of inorganic salts, an ion is completely solvated and sh ...
. 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
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UCLA Biography
1912 births
1969 deaths
Jewish Canadian scientists
Jewish chemists
Canadian chemists
National Medal of Science laureates
Canadian expatriates in the United States
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