Ryutaro Tsuchida | |
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槌田·龍太郎 | |
Born | April 20, 1903 Kyoto, Japan |
Died | May 9, 1962 | (aged 59)
Known for | VSEPR theory |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Osaka University |
Ryutaro Tsuchida (槌田·龍太郎; 1903-1962)[1] was a Japanese chemist.[2]
Tsuchida graduated from Tokyo University in (昭和3年,Shōwa era 3rd) 1928.[1] In June 1935, he established a fifth course at Osaka University.[3] In 1939, he originally proposed the correlation between molecular geometry and number of valence electron pairs (both shared and unshared pairs).[4]
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