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“The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth:” Writing the History of the Woodward-Hoffmann Rules (2023)

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A discussion of the process of researching the history of the Woodward-Hoffmann rules and the limitations of such research.

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Authors & Contributors
Seeman, Jeffrey I.
Kauffman, George B.
Klein, Ursula
Slater, Leo B.
Kaspar F. Burri
Richard J. Friary
Journals
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, Fachgruppe Geschichte der Chemie
The Chemical Educator
Publishers
American Chemical Society
Princeton University
Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry
Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF)
Wiley-VCH
Concepts
Organic chemistry
Chemistry
Stereochemistry
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Equations and formulae
Prizes; awards
People
Woodward, Robert Burns
Hoffmann, Roald
Butlerov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich
Couper, Archibald Scott
Hückel, Erich
Ingold, Christopher
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
21st century
Places
Basel (Switzerland)
United States
Institutions
American Chemical Society
Woodward Research Institute
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