The Cast

Curious about the photos at the top of the blog?

In order, from left to right, there are:

• Erich Hückel (1896-1980) – developed the Hückel MO method and Hückel’s Rule for aromaticity. Wikipedia
• Robert Woodward (1917-1979) – co-developed Woodward-Hoffmann rules. Nobel 1965 Wikipedia
• Roald Hoffmann (b. 1937) – co-developed Woodward-Hoffmann rules. Nobel 1981 Wikipedia
• Kenichi Fukui (1918-1998) – developed Frontier MO theory. Nobel 1981 Wikipedia
• Michael J. S. Dewar (1918-1997) – developed the “aromatic” transition state concept. Wikipedia
• Arthur Cope (1909-1966) – developed the Cope rearrangement. Wikipedia