Günther Wilke
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Günther Wilke (23 February 1925 – 9 December 2016) was a German chemist who was influential in organometallic chemistry. He was the director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung) from 1967–1992, succeeding Karl Ziegler in that post.[1] During Wilke's era, the MPI made several discoveries and achieved some financial independence from patents and a gift from the Ziegler family. The institute continued as a center of excellence in organometallic chemistry.
Wilke's own area of interest focused on homogeneous catalysis by nickel complexes. His group discovered or developed several compounds including Ni(1,5-cyclooctadiene)2, Ni(allyl)2, Ni(C2H4)3. Some of these complexes are useful catalysts for the oligomerization of dienes.[2] He died in 2016 at the age of 91.[3]
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Honours and awards
- Seven honorary doctorates
- corresponding member of the math and science class abroad
- Wilhelm Exner Medal in 1980.[4]
- Former Vice President of the Max Planck Society (1978-1990)
- Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Science (President 1994-1997)[5]
- Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- Foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1977)[6]
- Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- President of the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker)
- Chairman of the Society of German Scientists and Physicians
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1987)
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- 1925 births
- 2016 deaths
- 20th-century German chemists
- Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Recipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- Members of Academia Europaea
- Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Scientists from Heidelberg
- Presidents of the German Chemical Society
- Max Planck Institute directors