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THE departure of Sir Ian Heilbron from the chair of organic chemistry at the Imperial College of Science and Technology will be a great loss to the Royal College Science and to the University of London. For the past thirty years at the Universities of Liverpool (1920-33), Manchester (1933-38) and London (1938-49), Sir Ian has led and inspired large school of research in many different branches of organic chemistry. One of the most distinguished organic chemists of this period, he has made numerous outstanding contributions to his subject which have deservedly brought to him both national and international fame and honours. There are few fields in organic chemistry which he has not entered, but particular mention must be made of his important work on the chemistry of the sterols, vitamins, triterpenes, penicillin, heterocyclic and acetylenic compounds.
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Organic Chemistry at the Imperial College : Sir Ian Heilbron, F.R.S. Nature 163, 558 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163558a0
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