 1848 - Louis Pasteur announces separation of optical isomers (mechanical separation of asymmetric crystals). |
| 1892 - Gladys Amelia Anslow born: spectroscopy of proteins and amino acids; high energy physics |
| 1912 - Herbert C. Brown born (as Herbert Brovarnik): organoboron chemistry; carbocations; Nobel Prize, 1979. |
| 1921 - George S. Hammond born: organic photochemistry, including commercial developments; solution photochemistry; free-radical reactions. |
| 1927 - George A. Olah born: carbocations and their role in hydrocarbon reactions; Nobel Prize, 1994. |
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