Severyn Marcel (Sever, Sev) Sternhell 1930–2022

Leslie D. Field

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Severyn Marcel (Sever, Sev) Sternhell 1930–2022

Leslie D. Field

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^A School of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney, NSW, Australia.

^* Correspondence to: L.Field@unsw.edu.au

Historical Records of Australian Science 36, HR24033 https://doi.org/10.1071/HR24033

Published online: 14 April 2025

Abstract

Sever Sternhell DSc AO FAA FRACI CChem was a prominent figure in Australian organic chemistry, academia and public life for more than forty years. He held the Chair of Organic Chemistry at the University of Sydney from 1977 until his retirement in 1998. He was very influential, not only directly through his science and his leadership in Australian Chemistry, but also indirectly through the graduate students that he inspired and mentored, and the thousands of undergraduates he taught over the years. Sev undertook his PhD with Professor D. H. R. Barton (later Sir Derek Barton) at Imperial College, London, and it was there that he was introduced to NMR spectroscopy: NMR would become Sev’s major research area for the rest of his career. He was appointed as senior lecturer in organic chemistry at the University of Sydney in 1964 and, in 1977, he was appointed to the Chair of Organic Chemistry and Head of Department. Sev served as Head of the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney on two occasions. He is probably best known for his pioneering research into the use of NMR as a tool to unravel the structures of organic compounds. His seminal monograph (with Lloyd Jackman), Applications of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in organic chemistry, published in 1969, became a ‘bible’ to generations of organic chemists.

Keywords: chemistry, organic chemistry, nuclear magnetic resonance, NMR spectroscopy, memoir, Sydney University, long range coupling, physical organic chemistry.

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Newsoroff, G. P., and Sternhell, S. (1964) Spin-spin coupling between protons on sp² hybridized benzylic carbon atoms and ring protons, Tetrahedron Letters, 3499-3505.
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Newsoroff, G. P., and Sternhell, S. (1966) Nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of α,β,β-trimethylstyrenes, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 19, 1667-1675.
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Newsoroff, G. P., and Sternhell, S. (1967) High barrier to rotation about an sp² – sp³ carbon-carbon bond, Tetrahedron Letters, 2539-2542.
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Newsoroff, G. P., and Sternhell, S. (1968a) A re-evaluation of the steric dependence of allylic coupling constants, Tetrahedron Letters, 9(58), 6117-6122.
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Newsoroff, G. P., and Sternhell, S. (1968b) Spin-spin coupling between protons bonded to sp² and sp³ hybridized benzylic carbon atoms and ring protons, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 21, 747-760.
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Newsoroff, G. P., and Sternhell, S. (1972) Interproton allylic spin-spin coupling involving exocyclic groups, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 25, 1669-1693.
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Newsoroff, G. P., Spear, R. J., and Sternhell, S. (1972) The N.M.R. spectrum of 2-methylenecyclobutanone, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 25, 1325-1328.
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Nilsson, K., and Sternhell, S. (1965) NMR spectra of atropic acids, Acta Chemica Scandanavica, 19, 2441-2442.
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Norris, R. K., and Sternhell, S. (1965) Isomerization of 5,6-dihalogenocyclohex- 2-ene-1,4-diones to 2,3-dihalogeno-1,4-hydroquinones, Chemical Communications [23], 608.
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Norris, R. K., and Sternhell, S. (1966a) Long-range spin-spin coupling in 1,4-benzoquinones and some related compounds, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 19, 617-627.
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Norris, R. K., and Sternhell, S. (1966b) NMR spectra of ‘p-nitrosophenol’ and its methyl derivatives, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 19, 841-860.
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Norris, R. K., and Sternhell, S. (1967) Tautomerism and syn-anti isomerism in the p-nitrosophenol-p-benzoquinone monoxime system, Tetrahedron Letters, 8(2), 97-101.
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Norris, R. K., and Sternhell, S. (1968) The equilibrium between syn and anti 2-substituted 1,4-benzoquinone-4-oxime acetates, Tetrahedron Letters, 9(53), 5511-5514.
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Norris, R. K., and Sternhell, S. (1969) 2-Substituted and 2,6-disubstituted 1,4-benzoquinone 4-oximes (“p-nitrosophenols”), Aust. J. Chem., 22, 935-970.
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Norris, R. K., and Sternhell, S. (1971) 2-Substituted and 2,6-disubstituted 1,4-benzoquinone 4-oximeacetates, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 24, 1449-1465.
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Norris, R. K., and Sternhell, S. (1972a) 2-Substituted and 2,6-disubstituted 1,4-benzoquinone 4-oxime methyl ethers, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 25, 1907-1919.
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Norris, R. K., and Sternhell, S. (1972b) 3-Substituted 1,4-benzoquinone 4-oximes, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 25, 2621-2629.
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Norris, R. K., and Sternhell, S. (1973) The reactions of some 5,6-dihalogenocyclohexen-2-ene-1,4-diones (1,4-benzoquinone dihalides) in boron trifluoride diethyletherate, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 26, 333-343.
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Park, J. J., Sternhell, S., and Vonwiller, S. C. (1998) Highly efficient chirality inducers based on steroid-derived 2,6,9-trioxabicylco[3.3.1]nonanes, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 63, 6749-6751.
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Pinhey, J. T., and Sternhell, S. (1963) ¹H spin-spin coupling across one double and four single bonds, Tetrahedron Letters, 275-280.
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Pross, A., and Sternhell, S. (1970) Oxidation of hydrazones with iodine in the presence of base, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 23, 989-1003.
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Pross, A., and Sternhell, S. (1971) The reaction of hydrazones with chlorine and bromine, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 24, 1437-1447.
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Rottendorf, H., and Sternhell, S. (1963) Hydrogenolysis of aryl p-toluene sulphonates with hydrazine in present of palladium, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 16, 647-657.
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Rottendorf, H., and Sternhell, S. (1964) Spin-spin coupling between side-chain and ring protons and the effect of electron delocalization on allylic coupling, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 17, 1315-1328.
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Rottendorf, H., Sternhell, S., and Wilmshurst, J. R. (1965) PMR spectra of some β-methylstyrenes, β,β-dimethylstyrenes and α-methylstilbenes and a discussion of long-range shielding and coupling effects in these and related systems, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 18, 1759-1773.
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Shoppee, C. W., Johnson, F. P., Lack, R. E., and Sternhell, S. (1965) Steroids. Part XXVI. Virtual allylic coupling in the 60 Mc NMR spectrum of 4,4-ethylene-dithiocholest-4-en-3-one, Journal of the Chemical Society, 2489-2492.
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Spear, R. J., and Sternhell, S. (1973) Interproton allylic spin-spin coupling, Tetrahedron Letters, 14(17), 1487-1490.
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Spear, R. J., and Sternhell, S. (1985) Influence of ring size on geminal interproton coupling constants in exocyclic methylene groups, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 38, 889-897.
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Sternhell, S. (1958) Chemistry of brown coals. VI. Further aspects of the chemistry of hydroxyl groups in Victorian brown coals, Australian Journal of Applied Science, 9, 375-379.
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Sternhell, S. (1964a) Experiments in artificial coalification, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 17, 1236-1244.
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Sternhell, S. (1990a) Science in the Universities: Australia on the road to Burkina Faso, Quadrant, January–February, pp. 41–46.

Sternhell, S. (1990b) The Class that Cried Wolf, Quadrant, November, pp. 32–36.

Sternhell, S. (1991) The Australian Research Council – a Chemical Perspective, Chemistry in Australia, December, pp. 526–526.

Sternhell, S. (1992) ‘Chemophobia and the molecular level’, in Environmental Backgrounder, Institute of Public Affairs, Reprinted in Chemistry in Australia.

Sternhell, S. (1993a) Bonding and non-bonding, Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 126, 135-143.
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Sternhell, S. (1993b) Quality and Equality in Higher Education, Quadrant, February.

Sternhell, S. (1994) Molecular Genetics – Galileo Revisited, Quadrant, January–February.

Sternhell, S. (1998) Organic Chemistry: past and future, Chemistry in Australia, July, pp. 11–12.

Sternhell, S. (2000) Teaching and Understanding Science, Quadrant, April, 34-35.

Sternhell, S. (2001) The Next Technological Revolution, Quadrant, September, 56-57.

Sternhell, S. (2002) In Pursuit of Excellence, Quadrant, June, pp. 54–56.

Sternhell, S. (2006a) The Politics of Progressive Education, Quadrant, December, pp. 5–6.

Sternhell, S. (2006b) Dividing up the Research Money, Quadrant, June, pp. 44–45.

Sternhell, S. (2008a) Midnight train from Budapest, Quadrant, July/August, pp. 86–88.

Sternhell, S (2008b) Alexander, Baches, Baras, Quadrant, June, 20-22.
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Sternhell, S. (2008c) The Abused Science of Climate Change, Quadrant, June, pp. 20–22.

Sternhell, S. and Finch, D. (1995) Kanchenjunga Trek, The Sydney Bushwalker, April, pp. 5–7.

Sternhell, S. and Kalman, J. R. (1986) Organic Structures from Spectra, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN: 0471906441.

Sternhell, S. and Sternhell, A. (2002) Our Mob – A Family Chronicle, 1st edn, ISBN: 0-9580839-1-6.

Sternhell, S. and Sternhell, A. (2005) Our Mob – A Family Chronicle, 2nd edn, ISBN: 0-9580839-0-8.

Sternhell, S., and Tansey, C. W. (1990) NMR studies of bond order in sterically distorted phenanthrenes, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 43, 1577-1580.
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