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Hans Bock (chemist)

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Hans Bock
Born(1928-10-28)28 October 1928
Died21 January 2008(2008-01-21) (aged 79)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Munich
Known forsuper silyl group
Scientific career
FieldsChemist
InstitutionsUniversity of Frankfurt
Doctoral advisorEgon Wiberg
Doctoral studentsWolfgang Kaim

Hans Bock (5 October 1928 – 21 January 2008) was a German chemist born in Hamburg and died in Königstein im Taunus.

Career

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Hans Bock studied chemistry at the University of Munich, where he received his PhD in 1958 for his work on water-free hydrazine in the group of Egon Wiberg.[1] In 1964 he received his post doctoral lecture qualification after work on phosphorus containing diacenes in the same research group. Subsequently, he had a three-year visit in the group of Edgar Heilbronner at ETH Zurich/Switzerland, where he worked on applications of the HMO-model, leading to the textbook: The HMO model and its application.

In 1968 he was announced full professor for inorganic chemistry at the University of Frankfurt.[2]

Research

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Bock is the author and co-author of more than 500 publications in peer-reviewed journals. His research focused on preparation of element-organic compounds and their characterisation by appropriate physical measurement methods. Main focus was set on development and application of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for detection and characterisation of transient molecules.[3]

He proposed the use of the super silyl group in 1993.

Literature

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  • The HMO model and its application by Edgar Heilbronner and Hans Bock, translated by W.Martin and A.J.Rackstraw

Recognition

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He was external member of Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and became adjunct professor at University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and TU München. He received two honorary doctorates by universities of Hamburg and Montpellier/France.

In 1987 he received the Wilhelm-Klemm-Award[4] by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh).

References

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  1. ^ Obituary (in German language) by H.Nöth [1]
  2. ^ Obituary (in German language) by W.Kaim [2]
  3. ^ Obituary (in German language) by W.A.Herrmann [3]
  4. ^ Wilhelm-Klemm-Award (in German language) Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine