黄鸣龙——我国有机化学的一位先驱

Huang-Minlon(Huang Ming-Long)——A Pioneer of Organic Chemistry in China

黄鸣龙院士(1898—1979)1919年浙江医药专科学校毕业,1924年德国柏林大学有机药物化学博士;1924—1934年任浙江医专教授、主任,卫生署化学部主任;1934—1940年在欧洲先灵公司等从事研究工作;1940年回国在昆明任中研院化学所研究员,兼任西南联大教授;1945年赴美在哈佛大学,默克公司从事研究工作。1952年绕道欧洲回国,先后在中国人民解放军医学科学院化学系和中国科学院上海有机化学研究所任研究员。1955年当选为中国科学院学部委员(院士)。黄先生一生从事有机化学的教育和研究工作,他在有机化学的"结构与机理"以及"反应和合成"二大方面都作出了在国内外具有深远影响的工作。20世纪40年代黄先生发现了变质山道年4个立体异构体的循环转变,堪称立体化学的经典之作;1948年发表了黄鸣龙还原反应;1952年归国后引领和发展了我国的甾体化学研究,带领了我国甾体药物的生产发展,是我国甾体药物工业的奠基人。黄先生治学严谨,既重视应用研究,又强调基础研究;关注学习新知识、新概念,又更重视实验技术。黄先生教书育人,身体力行,是我国有机化学发展的先驱者和奠基人。

Professor Huang Minglong （1898--1979） graduated from Zhejiang Pharmaceutical College in 1919. He was awarded the Ph. D degree in Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 1924 by the University of Berlin, Germany. From 1924 to 1934, he held positions of professor and then director of department in the Zhejiang Medical College, and director of the Division of Chemistry in the Department of Health. From 1934 to 1940, he was engaged in the research work in the Schering AG and other Institutes, Europe. In 1940, he returned to Kunming, China, and became a researcher in the Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, and a part-time professor in the Southwest Associated University. In 1945, he visited the United States, and did researches in Harvard University and then Merck. He took a detour to Europe to return homeland in 1952, and worked as a researcher and the director in the Department of Chemistry of the People＇s Liberation Army Academy of Medical Sciences, and later in the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry. In 1955, he was elected as Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Huang devoted all his life to the education and research work in organic chemistry, and made world-known contribution in two major areas of organic chemistry with lasting influence ＂ structure and mechanism＂ and ＂reaction and synthesis＂. In 1940s, Huang discovered the circulatory transformation of four stereoisomers of desmotroposantonin, which is a classic work in stereochemistry. In 1948, he published the wellknown paper about the Huang-Minlon Reduction. After his returning to China in 1952, he introduced and led the researches of steroid chemistry, and started the development and manufacturing of steroid drugs as the founder of the industry in China. Professor Huang consistently pursued rigorous scholarship, emphasizing on both applied and basic researches. He followed closely the development in the field of chemistry, and also paid much attention to laboratorial techniques. Huang was a great educator, being both a mentor and role model to his students. He was recognized as the pioneer and founder of organic chemistry in China.