Henry Gilman (1893-1986)

American chemist, professor at Iowa State University for more than sixty years. He was one of the founders of modern organometallic chemistry: he studied compounds of lithium, magnesium, copper, silicon and many other metals, and discovered directed ortho metalation at the same time as Georg Wittig.

In 1952 he described the lithium diorganocuprates that bear his name (Gilman reagents). He continued his research until a very advanced age despite having lost almost all his sight.

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