George Andrew Olah
University of Southern California
George Andrew Olah was a Hungarian-American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry." He was also awarded the Priestley Medal, the highest honor granted by the American Chemical Society and F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society in 1996.
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George Andrew Olah was a Hungarian-American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry." He was also awarded the Priestley Medal, the highest honor granted by the American Chemical Society and F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society in 1996.
Affiliation
University of Southern California
Top Publications
- Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy (2005) - 2,409 citations
- Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol and Dimethyl Ether: From Greenhouse Gas to Renewable, Environmentally Carbon Neutral Fuels and Synthetic Hydrocarbons (2008) - 1,612 citations
- Recycling of carbon dioxide to methanol and derived products – closing the loop (2014) - 1,534 citations
- Anthropogenic Chemical Carbon Cycle for a Sustainable Future (2011) - 1,384 citations
- Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy (2009) - 792 citations
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- Full name
- George Andrew Olah
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-1788-9753
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5071446330
Research interests
- Organic and Inorganic Chemical Reactions, Chemical Reaction Mechanisms, Chemical Synthesis and Reactions, Fluorine in Organic Chemistry, Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms
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- Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy ↗2005 · Angewandte Chemie International Edition2,409OpenAlex citations
- 1,612OpenAlex citations
- Recycling of carbon dioxide to methanol and derived products – closing the loop ↗2014 · Chemical Society Reviews1,534OpenAlex citations
- Anthropogenic Chemical Carbon Cycle for a Sustainable Future ↗2011 · Journal of the American Chemical Society1,384OpenAlex citations
- Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy ↗2009 · Wiley eBooks792OpenAlex citations
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- Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy ↗2005 · Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Recycling of carbon dioxide to methanol and derived products – closing the loop ↗2014 · Chemical Society Reviews
- Anthropogenic Chemical Carbon Cycle for a Sustainable Future ↗2011 · Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy ↗2009 · Wiley eBooks
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