Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff; Hundred Years of Impact on Stereochemistry in the Netherlands

✍ Scribed by E. W. Meijer

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 292 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20011015)40:20<3783::aid-anie3783>3.0.co;2-j

✦ Synopsis

The first Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to the Dutch physical chemist Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff in 1901, exactly hundred years ago. His impact on the chemical sciences is unparalleled with concepts ranging from tetrahedra to thermodynamics. He reshaped the discipline of chemistry at a very young age. Through the years, Van 't Hoff has inspired many Dutch scientists to perform research on novel stereochemical concepts. The picture shows stereochemical models, which Van 't Hoff produced himself.