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Adolf von Baeyer
Synthesising indigo and investigating organic dyes.
Barbituric acid · Indigo
- Born
- 31 October 1835
- Birthplace
- Berlin
- Died
- 20 August 1917
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Adolf von Baeyer
Adolf von Baeyer was a German chemist awarded the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds.
Early life
Studies
Studied in Berlin and Heidelberg, working with Robert Bunsen and August Kekulé before completing his doctorate in 1858.
Career
- 1860
Teaching
Joined Berlin’s trade academy.
- 1871
Strasbourg
Became a professor.
- 1875
Munich
Took the chemistry chair at the University of Munich.
Contributions
Barbituric acid
Prepared the compound later used as the basis of barbiturate chemistry.
Indigo
Investigated the structure and synthesis of the blue dye.
Strain theory
Proposed a model relating ring geometry to the stability of cyclic compounds.
Beyond research
Family
Married Adelheid Bendemann in 1868; they had three children.
Sources & photo credit
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