Mieczysław Mąkosza

Mieczysław Józef Mąkosza
Born (1934-11-16) 16 November 1934
Residence Warsaw, Poland
Nationality Polish
Fields Organic synthesis
Institutions Warsaw University of Technology
Polish Academy of Sciences
Alma mater Leningrad University
Warsaw University of Technology
Known for Vicarious nucleophilic substitution
Phase transfer catalysis

Mieczysław Józef Mąkosza (born 16 November 1934) is a Polish chemist specializing in organic synthesis and investigation of organic mechanisms. Along with Jerzy Winiarski he is credited for the discovery of the aromatic vicarious nucleophilic substitution, VNS. He also contributed to the discovery of phase transfer catalysis reactions. From 1979 to 2005 he was director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[1]

References

  1. "Prof. Chmielewski: Nobla mógł dostać Polak". Gazeta Wyborcza. 5 October 2005. Retrieved 31 October 2010.


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