F. Gordon A. Stone
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| F. Gordon A. Stone | |
| Nationality | American |
|---|---|
| Institutions | Bristol University, Baylor University |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Doctoral advisor | Emeleus |
F. Gordon A. Stone is an English chemist who is a prolific and decorated scholar. He specializes in the synthesis of main group and transition metal organometallic compounds. He received his B.A. in 1948 and Ph.D. in 1951, both from Cambridge University, England, where he studied under Harry Julius Emeléus (1903–1993). He is currently Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Baylor University, but his most productive period was as head of Inorganic Chemistry at Bristol University, where he published hundreds of papers over the course of 27 years. In research he competed with his contemporary Geoffrey Wilkinson.
Among the many foci of his studies were complexes of fluorocarbon, isocyanide, polyolefin, alkylidene and alkylidyne ligands. At Baylor, he maintains a research program on boron hydrides, a lifelong interest.[1]
He authored the autobiographic “Leaving No Stone Unturned.” With Wilkinson, he edited the influential series “Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry.” With Robert West, he edited the series “Advances in Organometallic Chemistry.”
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- ^ Stone, F. G. A.; Emeléus, H. J. "Reaction of diborane with some alkene oxides and vinyl compounds" Journal of the Chemical Society 1950, p. 2755-9.doi:10.1039/JR9500002755
