title: Crossing conventional boundaries in half a century of research.
abstract: An overview of the research of the Olah group over five decades--ranging from synthetic reagents and methods to mechanistic-structural studies to new hydrocarbon chemistry and the development of methanol based fuels and hydrocarbon synthesis--is presented.
authors.affiliation: Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1661, USA. olah@usc.edu
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Olah
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000737:chemistry; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D002625:Chemistry, Organic / Q000266:history*; D017611:Fluorine Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D001685:Biological Factors; D002241:Carbohydrates; D017611:Fluorine Compounds; D006838:Hydrocarbons