Ryutaro Tsuchida (槌田·龍太郎; 1903-1962)[1] was a Japanese chemist.[2]

Ryutaro Tsuchida
槌田·龍太郎
BornApril 20, 1903
Kyoto, Japan
DiedMay 9, 1962(1962-05-09) (aged 59)
Known forVSEPR theory
Scientific career
InstitutionsOsaka University

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] This concept was later developed into the VSEPR theory of molecular geometry.

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  1. ^ a b 20世紀日本人名事典. "槌田 龍太郎(ツチダ リュウタロウ)とは? 意味や使い方". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ 一雄, 金田; 次男, 中野 (1962). "槌田龍太郎先生の思い出". 化学教育. 10 (2): 129–132. doi:10.20665/kagakukyouiku.10.2_129.
  3. ^ "専攻の歴史|大阪大学大学院 理学研究科 化学専攻". www.chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  4. ^ 龍太郎, 槌田 (1939). "新簡易原子價論". 日本化學會誌. 60 (3): 245–256. doi:10.1246/nikkashi1921.60.245.