Dietmar Seyferth, the founding Editor of Organometallics, passed away earlier this year aged 91. He led the journal from 1982 until his retirement in 2009. Even after assuming emeritus status, he remained well connected to the journal. And although I have been Editor-in-Chief since 2015, I have always felt that I was stewarding “Dietmar’s journal” (Figure 1). Figure 1. Founding Editor-in-Chief Professor Dietmar Seyferth with an issue of Organometallics. Photo credit: American Chemical Society. Dietmar was passionate about organometallic chemistry and held the journal and its authors and reviewers to the highest standards. I will remember him for being a scholarly and patient mentor and someone who embodied the collegiality associated with our field. It is for these reasons I will refer to him as most did—simply as Dietmar. I do this not for lack of respect for a giant in our field, but rather to capture the essence of a kind and gentle man. As the readers of Organometallics know, one of Dietmar’s enduring contributions will be his essays, most of which focused on the early days of organometallic chemistry. Remarkably, “The Grignard Reagents” published in 2009 (DOI: 10.1021/om900088z) remains consistently one of the most downloaded Organometallics articles and in fact is among the most downloaded among all ACS journal articles. Another, “Dimethylchlorosilane and the Direct Synthesis of Methylchlorosilanes. The Key to the Silicones Industry” (DOI: 10.1021/om0109051), enjoys a similar longevity and is a touching tribute to Dietmar’s Ph.D. advisor, Eugene Rochow, on the occasion of his 92nd birthday in 2001. These essays are the inspiration for our current Organometallics Tutorials (DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00815), and these also trend toward our most downloaded content. A few other of Dietmar’s classic essays are compiled in Table 1 for reference. Fortunately, one of Dietmar’s essays, “Looking Back on Happy Years in Chemistry” (DOI: 10.1021/om100948g), is an autobiographical and often whimsical account of his life and many contributions to chemistry as a student, research advisor, colleague, consultant, and editor. This essay, like many of Dietmar’s contributions, provides a glimpse of a different era in chemistry and how far we have come as a community. Importantly, pointing to Dietmar’s life story also gives me a pass on providing biographical details on this legendary chemist. I must admit it would have been daunting and likely foolish to try and “out-Dietmar, Dietmar” in the pages of Organometallics. We thought a more apt and unique way to commemorate Dietmar would be to provide accounts from those who were fortunate enough to work with him. Since my undergraduate days, I have had peripheral connections to the Seyferth research group. My undergraduate advisor, Professor Joseph Merola of Virginia Tech, was a graduate student with Dietmar. I learned all too well about what hearing “What’s new?” meant. When I arrived at Cornell University in the summer of 2001 as a newly minted assistant professor, I shared and eventually inherited the laboratories of Professor James Burlitch, a Seyferth student from the 1960s who discovered the famous dihalocarbenes. I thought it fitting to have Joe write an account of Dietmar the research advisor from the perspective a graduate student, which immediately follows this Editorial (DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00513). While commemorating an admired mentor is an intimidating task, Joe provides a one-of-a-kind and touching account of life in the Seyferth group. By weaving in the memories of various Seyferth alumni throughout the years, Joe paints a detailed picture of a multidimensional man that includes a mix of scientific achievement with more lighthearted hijinks. I want to thank Joe and all of the contributors to the editorial for taking the time to share these memories and the photographs. I am sure Dietmar would be pleased. And fortunately, one of the most famous “Seyferth students” — J. J. Pudvin—returns to the scientific literature. I also thought it appropriate to commemorate Dietmar the Editor-in-Chief. As recounted in his “Looking Back” essay, Organometallics started with just one Associate Editor—his MIT colleague and future Nobel Laureate, Professor Richard Schrock. Dick was later joined by Professor Tobin Marks, who was kind enough to share with me a presentation he gave on the occasion of Dietmar’s retirement celebration in 2010. Tobin highlighted the multifaceted nature of Dietmar—from the serious scholar with a love of chemistry who launched the journal and shepherded it into the leading title in the field. Like Joe, Tobin pointed out Dietmar’s jovial side and how an issue of Organometallics was never far from reach (Figure 2). Figure 2. Editor-in-Chief Seyferth sets the standard for future editors on dedication to keeping up with the journal. Photo credit: Tobin Marks. A later team member, Professor Lanny Liebeskind, recounts that Dietmar was always pleasant and highly professional and how he managed the journal from “biological memory”—reviewers were cataloged with pen and paper lists rather than the electronic databases and artificial intelligence routines available today. Lanny also commented that Dietmar was direct in the traditional “German style” and in his own research work he believed in letting the science speak for itself rather than relying on hyperbole. Manfred Bochman was the first editor at the journal from outside the United States and recalls meeting Dietmar at a conference in Brisbane in 1996. Manfred, who co-organized Dietmar’s retirement symposium at ACS Boston in 2010, highlights the importance of author and reviewer relationships during Dietmar’s tenure. Manfred recalled a case where a reviewer claimed that an author had not cited some of their key papers (a common complaint). Dietmar, always wanting to have a sense of fair play, eagerly apologized to the reviewer. It turned out that one of the papers in question had yet to appear in the literature, making it impossible for the author to have cited it in their submission. Once this was realized, Dietmar called Manfred to apologize. A sign of a truly humble and honorable Editor-in-Chief. In sharing another anecdote, Maurice Brookhart (“Brook”), who was an Associate Editor between 1990 and 1995, describes Dietmar as demanding the highest standards for both the editors of the Organometallics as well as the technical data reported in the manuscripts—including the infamous insistence for satisfactory elementary analysis. After much discussion and careful deliberation, in 2016 the Editorial team, led principally by Francois Gabbaı̈, decided to relax this standard (DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00720) in part because other, more accessible techniques had improved sufficiently to reliably establish the bulk purity of a compound. Brook also remembered how in a time when everything was done on paper, you could not escape your editorial duties. “You could be off to the other side of the planet and find a fat package with two or three manuscripts from Dietmar awaiting your arrival and immediate processing! The journal wheels turned 365 days a year.” They still do, but current EICs need not know where the Associate Editors are going—as long as there is an Internet connection. Many of us remember Dietmar’s personal side of editing. Brook provides another observation—“...if Dietmar handled one of your papers you would not only get reviews back but a copy marked up in Dietmar’s distinctive hand suggesting numerous changes in sentence structure and wording. Where he got the time and how he generated the energy to do this was beyond me.” I also benefited from Dietmar’s personal feedback. I was both surprised and flattered when in May, 2018, I received a letter from Dietmar congratulating me on my work with the journal (Figure 3). This was particularly reassuring as we were (and still are) trying to grow the journal beyond its traditional boundaries, both geographic and scientific. That Dietmar sent an unsolicited approval meant the world to me. Figure 3. A portion of a handwritten note from Dietmar Seyferth. Photo credit: Jon Darmon. The final interaction I had with Dietmar was a phone call in early summer of 2018. I wanted to talk to him and thank him for the kind note and once again get his perspective on the journal. Parts of the call were difficult, as biology was catching up with him and his health was failing. Even though his physical faculties were not what they once were, Dietmar nevertheless maintained his passion for Organometallics. Even as he entered his 90s, he still read every issue of the journal. As our conversation progressed, he offered to write one last editorial, knowing it would be difficult given the trouble with his eyesight. Even though that essay was not received, his style, legacy, and contributions to Organometallics and organometallic chemistry are unparalleled. There is no question in my mind this is still “Dietmar’s journal”. Views expressed in this editorial are those of the author and not necessarily the views of the ACS. This article has not yet been cited by other publications. Figure 1. Founding Editor-in-Chief Professor Dietmar Seyferth with an issue of Organometallics. Photo credit: American Chemical Society. Figure 2. Editor-in-Chief Seyferth sets the standard for future editors on dedication to keeping up with the journal. Photo credit: Tobin Marks. Figure 3. A portion of a handwritten note from Dietmar Seyferth. Photo credit: Jon Darmon.

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Dietmar Seyferth（1929–2020）：有机金属的基础和持久遗产

DietoSeyferth是Organometallics的创始编辑，今年年初去世，享年91岁。他从1982年开始领导该期刊，直到2009年退休。即使在退休后，他仍然与该期刊保持着良好的联系。尽管我从2015年起担任总编辑，但我始终觉得自己正在管理《 Dietmar杂志》（图1）。图1.创刊主编Dietmar Seyferth教授的一期《有机金属》。图片来源：美国化学学会。Dietmar对有机金属化学充满热情，并将该期刊及其作者和评价者置于最高标准。我会记得他是一位学术和耐心的导师，并且体现了与我们领域相关的大学精神。出于这些原因，我会像大多数人那样称呼他为Dietmar。我这样做并不是因为不尊重我们领域内的一个巨人，而是要抓住一个善良而温柔的人的本质。正如有机金属读者所知，Dietmar的持久贡献之一就是他的论文，其中大部分集中在有机金属化学的早期。值得注意的是，2009年发布的“格利雅试剂”（DOI：10.1021 / om900088z）始终是下载次数最多的软件之一实际上，有机金属文章是所有ACS期刊文章中下载次数最多的文章。另一个是“二甲基氯硅烷和甲基氯硅烷的直接合成。有机硅行业的关键”（DOI：10.1021 / om0109051），具有相似的寿命，并且是对Dietmar博士的致敬。顾问Eugene Rochow在2001年诞辰92周年之际。这些论文是我们目前有机金属化合物的灵感来源教程（DOI：10.1021 / acs.organomet.5b00815），并且这些教程也倾向于我们下载最多的内容。Dietmar的其他一些经典论文在表1中进行了汇总，以供参考。幸运的是，Dietmar的论文之一“回顾化学的快乐岁月”（DOI：10.1021 / om100948g）是他一生的自传体传记，通常是异想天开，他作为学生，研究顾问，同事，顾问，和编辑。就像Dietmar所做的许多贡献一样，这篇文章概述了化学的不同时代以及我们作为一个社区所取得的成就。重要的是，指向Dietmar的生活故事也使我可以轻松地提供有关这位传奇化学家的传记详细信息。我必须承认，尝试在以下页面中尝试“超越Dietmar，Dietmar”将是令人生畏的，并且可能很愚蠢。有机金属。我们认为纪念Dietmar的一种更恰当，更独特的方法是提供那些有幸与他合作的人的账目。从大学时代起，我就与塞弗斯研究小组建立了外围联系。我的本科生顾问是弗吉尼亚理工大学的约瑟夫·梅罗拉教授，他是Dietmar的研究生。我对听到“什么是新消息”的知识非常了解。的意思。2001年夏天，我以刚崭露头角的助理教授的身份来到康奈尔大学时，我与他人共享并最终继承了詹姆斯·伯利奇教授的实验室，詹姆斯·伯利奇教授是1960年代塞弗大学的一名学生，发现了著名的二卤卡宾。我认为让Joe从研究生的角度撰写研究顾问Dietmar的报告是恰当的，紧随本社论之后（DOI：10.1021 / acs.organomet。0c00513）。纪念一位受尊敬的导师是一项艰巨的任务，而乔提供了塞弗斯小组中一种独特而感人的生活描述。通过编织多年来塞弗斯各校友的回忆，乔描绘了一个多维人物的详细图片，其中包括科学成就与轻松愉快的混蛋。我要感谢乔和社论的所有撰稿人花时间分享这些回忆和照片。我相信Dietmar会很高兴的。幸运的是，最着名的“塞弗斯大学学生”之一-JJ Pudvin-回到了科学文献。我还认为纪念主编Dietmar是合适的。正如他在“回望”一文中所述，乔在塞弗斯小组中提供了一种独特而感人的生活描述。通过编织多年来塞弗斯各校友的回忆，乔描绘了一个多维人物的详细图片，其中包括科学成就与更多轻松的怪癖的结合。我要感谢乔和社论的所有撰稿人花时间分享这些回忆和照片。我相信Dietmar会很高兴的。幸运的是，最着名的“塞弗斯大学学生”之一-JJ Pudvin-回到了科学文献。我还认为纪念主编Dietmar是合适的。正如他在“回望”一文中所述，乔在塞弗斯小组中提供了一种独特而感人的生活描述。通过编织多年来塞弗斯各校友的回忆，乔描绘了一个多维人物的详细图片，其中包括科学成就与轻松愉快的混蛋。我要感谢乔和社论的所有撰稿人花时间分享这些回忆和照片。我相信Dietmar会很高兴的。幸运的是，最着名的“塞弗斯大学学生”之一-JJ Pudvin-回到了科学文献。我还认为纪念主编Dietmar是合适的。正如他在“回望”一文中所述，乔描绘了一个多维人物的详细图片，其中包括科学成就与更多轻松的怪癖的结合。我要感谢乔和社论的所有撰稿人花时间分享这些回忆和照片。我相信Dietmar会很高兴的。幸运的是，最着名的“塞弗斯大学学生”之一-JJ Pudvin-回到了科学文献。我还认为纪念主编Dietmar是合适的。正如他在“回望”一文中所述，乔描绘了一个多维人物的详细图片，其中包括科学成就与更多轻松的怪癖的结合。我要感谢乔和社论的所有撰稿人花时间分享这些回忆和照片。我相信Dietmar会很高兴的。幸运的是，最着名的“塞弗斯大学学生”之一-JJ Pudvin-回到了科学文献。我还认为纪念主编Dietmar是合适的。正如他在“回望”一文中所述，Pudvin-回到科学文献。我还认为纪念主编Dietmar是合适的。正如他在“回望”一文中所述，Pudvin-回到科学文献。我还认为纪念主编Dietmar是合适的。正如他在“回望”一文中所述，Organometallics仅从一位副编辑开始—他是MIT的同事以及未来的诺贝尔奖获得者Richard Schrock教授。迪克后来加入了托宾·马克斯教授，他很客气地与我分享了他在2010年Dietmar退休庆典上所作的演讲。Tobin强调了Dietmar的多面性-来自认真研究化学的严肃学者该期刊并使其成为该领域的领先标题。像乔一样，托宾指出了Dietmar的快乐一面，以及有机金属化合物的问题永远都遥不可及（图2）。图2.总编辑Seyferth致力于为将来的编辑制定标准，以致力于跟上期刊的发展。图片来源：Tobin Marks。后来的团队成员Lanny Liebeskind教授讲述了Dietmar总是很愉快，非常专业，以及他如何通过“生物记忆”来管理该期刊-审阅者使用笔和纸的清单进行编目，而不是如今可用的电子数据库和人工智能程序。兰尼还评论说，迪特马尔直接遵循传统的“德国风格”，在他自己的研究工作中，他相信让科学自己说话而不是依靠夸张。曼弗雷德·博克曼（Manfred Bochman）是美国境外期刊的第一位编辑，他回想起1996年在布里斯班举行的一次会议上与Dietmar的会面。他于2010年在ACS Boston联合组织了Dietmar的退休研讨会，强调了Dietmar任期内作者与审稿人之间关系的重要性。曼弗雷德（Manfred）回顾了一个审稿人声称撰文人没有引用他们的一些关键论文的案例（常见投诉）。Dietmar一直希望有一种公平的感觉，因此向审稿人道歉。事实证明，有问题的论文之一尚未出现在文献中，这使得作者不可能在提交的论文中引用它。一旦意识到这一点，Dietmar就打电话给Manfred道歉。真正谦虚而光荣的总编辑的标志。在分享另一本轶事时，曾在1990年至1995年间担任副主编的莫里斯·布鲁克哈特（“布鲁克”）表示，迪特马尔对《卫报》的两位编辑都要求最高标准有机金属以及手稿中报告的技术数据，包括臭名昭著的坚持进行令人满意的基本分析。经过大量讨论和慎重考虑后，2016年，主要由FrancoisGabbaı̈领导的编辑团队决定放宽此标准（DOI：10.1021 / acs.organomet.6b00720），部分原因是其他更易于访问的技术已得到改进，足以可靠地建立化合物的整体纯度。布鲁克还记得在纸上做完所有事情后，您如何逃脱编辑职责。“您可能会走到地球的另一侧，找到一个装有Dietmar的两到三份手稿的胖包裹，等待您的到来并立即处理！轴颈轮一年转动365天。” 他们仍然这样做 但是只要有Internet连接，当前的EIC都不必知道副编辑的去向。我们许多人都记得Dietmar的个人编辑方面。Brook提供了另一种观察力-“ ...如果Dietmar处理了您的一篇论文，您不仅会得到评论，而且会在Dietmar独特的手中标记出一份副本，表明句子结构和措词有许多变化。他在哪里获得时间以及如何产生能量来做到这一点，这超出了我。” Dietmar的个人反馈也使我受益匪浅。当我于2018年5月收到Dietmar的来信，祝贺我在该杂志上的工作时，我既感到惊讶又受宠若惊（图3）。当我们一直（并且仍在）尝试使该期刊超出其地理和科学的传统界限时，这尤其令人放心。Dietmar主动提出的批准对我来说意义非凡。图3. Dietmar Seyferth的手写笔记的一部分。图片提供：Jon Darmon。我与Dietmar的最后一次互动是2018年初夏打来的电话。我想与他交谈，并感谢他的亲切笔记，并再次使他对期刊发表了看法。由于生物学正赶上他，而且他的健康状况不佳，部分通话非常困难。即使他的体育能力不再是以前，但Dietmar仍然对 我想和他谈谈，并感谢他的亲切笔记，并再次使他对期刊发表了看法。由于生物学正在跟上他的步伐，而他的健康状况也越来越差，因此部分通话非常困难。即使他的体育能力不再是以前，但Dietmar仍然对 我想和他谈谈，并感谢他的亲切笔记，并再次使他对期刊发表了看法。由于生物学正在跟上他的步伐，而他的健康状况也越来越差，因此部分通话非常困难。即使他的体育能力不再是以前，但Dietmar仍然对有机金属。即使进入90年代，他仍然阅读该期刊的每一期。随着我们谈话的进行，他提出写最后一篇社论，因为他的视力麻烦了，他知道这很困难。即使未收到该论文，他的风格，遗产和对有机金属和有机金属化学的贡献也是无与伦比的。毫无疑问，这仍然是“ Dietmar的日记”。本社论中表达的观点只是作者的观点，不一定是ACS的观点。本文尚未被其他出版物引用。图1.创刊主编Dietmar Seyferth教授的一期《有机金属》。图片来源：美国化学学会。图2.总编辑Seyferth致力于为将来的编辑制定标准，以致与时俱进。图片来源：Tobin Marks。图3. Dietmar Seyferth的手写笔记的一部分。图片提供：Jon Darmon。