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Mieczysław Mąkosza
Mieczysław
Józef
Mąkosza
is a
Polish
chemist
specializing in
organic synthesis
and
investigation
of
organic
mechanisms. Along with Jerzy
Winiarski
he is
credited
for
the discovery
of the
aromatic
vicarious nucleophilic substitution
, VNS. He also contributed to the discovery of
phase transfer catalysis
reactions
. From
1979
to
2005
he was
director
of
the Institute
of
Organic Chemistry
of the
Polish Academy of Sciences
.
