Edgar Heilbronner

Edgar Heilbronner (13 May 1921 28 August 2006) was a Swiss German chemist. In 1964 he published the concept of Möbius cyclic annulenes, but the first Möbius aromatic was not synthesized until 2003.

Edgar Heilbronner
Edgar Heilbronner (1978)
Born13 May 1921
München Germany
Died28 August 2006 (2006-08-29) (aged 85)
Herrliberg Switzerland
AwardsMarcel Benoist Prize (1977)
Scientific career
InstitutionsETH Zurich, University of Basel

Edgar Heilbronner was a professor at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland for many years but then was offered a professorship in Basel, Switzerland where he spent the remainder of his career.

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