Gilbert Newton Lewis

gilbert newton lewis!

He proposes an electronic theory of acids and bases. 1923

He demonstrates the phosphorescence of organic molecules with his student Michael Kasha. 1944

It offers the byte rule.1904

1916It identifies the covalent bond.

1926He proposed the term "photon" for the quantum of radiant energy introduced by Einstein in 1905.

• Birth: 23 October 1875
• Death: 23 March 1946 (He is found dead in his laboratory. Many think of suicide. )
• Nationality: American
• Job: Chemist, Physicist

• Gilbert Lewis is known for his theory of electron sharing in chemical bonding and for his theory of acids and bases.
• He was nominated 41 times for the Nobel Prize in chemistry, including 32 between 1922 and 1935, but never obtained it.
• Gilbert is renowned for Lewis Acid, Valence Bond Theory and Lewis Formula.
• He was the first to isolate a pure sample from heavy water in 1933. He used it to study the survival and growth of living things in heavy water.

By adding the non-binding doublets for each atom, the structural formula then becomes the Lewis molecule. In the Lewis model, we represent each electron by a point, then we connect the electrons two by two: so there are no more points but only lines.