Adolf von Baeyer
Also known as Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer
German chemist (1835-1917)
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Adolf von Baeyer was a German chemist who lived from 1835 to 1917 and made important discoveries in organic chemistry. His work laid foundational knowledge in the field that influenced how chemists understand and create chemical compounds.
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- Born
- 1835
- Died
- 1917
- Works
- 6
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- Ueber den kreislauf des kohlenstoffs in der organischen natur
- Liebig's verdienste um den unterricht in den naturwissenschaften
- Ueber die chemische Synthese
- Das neue chemische Laboratorium der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München
- Gelehrte im für und wider
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Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer ( German: [ˈaːdɔlf fɔn ˈbaɪɐ] ; 31 October 1835, Berlin – 20 August 1917, Starnberg) was a German chemist who synthesized indigo and developed a nomenclature for cyclic compounds (that was subsequently extended and adopted as part of the IUPAC organic nomenclature). He was ennobled in the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1885 and was the 1905 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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1835 births1917 deaths19th-century German chemists20th-century German chemistsAcademic staff of Technische Universität BerlinAcademic staff of the University of StrasbourgChemists from the Kingdom of PrussiaFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesForeign members of the Royal SocietyGerman fellows of the Royal Society