Ernest Ludwig Eliel (December 28, 1921 – September 18, 2008) was an organic chemist born in Cologne, Germany.
When the Nazis came to power, he left Germany and moved to Scotland, then Canada, then Cuba.
Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until his retirement in 1993.
[2] His research focussed on the stereochemistry and conformational analysis of flexible organic molecules, including derivatives of cyclohexane and saturated heterocyclic rings, using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) extensively.
His 1962 textbook Stereochemistry of Carbon Compounds influenced generations of organic chemists.