Margot Becke-Goehring

Margot Becke-Goehring (born 10 June 1914 in Allenstein; died 14 November 2009[1] was a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg in chemistry. She was a rare example of a female professor of chemistry in Germany in the middle of the 20th Century.

Initially publishing under the name Goehring and later Becke-Goehring, she researched the chemistry of the main-group elements, especially phosphorus-nitrogen and sulfur-nitrogen compounds. Her work on tetrasulfur tetranitride (S4N4) started decades of research on this unusual and highly reactive inorganic heterocycle.[2] She discovered heptasulfur imide (S7NH).[3]

Tetrasulfur tetranitride, a binary molecular compound popularized by Becke-Goehring.[4]

Recognition

She received the Alfred Stock Memorial Prize in 1961.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Biography from Unlearned Lessons
  2. ↑ Margot Goehring "Über den Schwefelstickstoff N4S4 Chemische Berichte 1947, Volume 80, pages 110–122. doi:10.1002/cber.19470800204
  3. ↑ Margot Goehring, Hans Herb, Werner Koch "über Das Heptaschwefelimid, S7NH" Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 1951, Volume 264, pages 137–143. doi: 10.1002/zaac.19512640207
  4. ↑ Goehring, M.: Über den Schwefelstickstoff N4S4 in Chem. Ber. 80 (1947) 110–122, doi:10.1002/cber.19470800204.
  5. ↑ Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker Prizes site
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.