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  1. 🎅🧪3️⃣ Who Lived and Worked in This House in Giessen, Germany?

    Check out the 3rd entry of this years ChemistryViews Advent Calendar and discover where famous chemists lived 🏠 and who synthesized iconic molecules 🧪

    chemistryviews.org/question-3-

    #chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemistryadvent #chemistryadventcalendar #historicchemist #chemistryquiz

  2. Friedrich Konrad Beilstein’s Contributions to Organic Chemistry

    Russian-German chemist renowned for his creation of the Beilstein Handbook, the Beilstein test, and the rules for the chlorination of alkylbenzenes

    chemistryviews.org/friedrich-k

    #chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #historicchemist #chemistryhistory #beilstein

  3. Wilhelm Haarmann was born #onthisday in 1847

    doi.org/10.1002/chemv.20200011

    In 1874, he and his friend Ferdinand Tiemann synthesized #vanillin for the first time. In 1875, he founded Haarmann’s Vanillinfabrik (Haarmann’s Vanillin Factory) for the industrial-scale vanillin synthesis

    #chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemistryhistory #historicchemist

  4. Chemistry operates without relying on miracles, yet it can astonish with perplexing puzzles like Emil Fischer's hydrazone. We return to the year 1896 and look over his shoulder as he determines the melting point …

    🕵️‍♂️🧪An intriguing detective story

    doi.org/10.1002/chemv.20220001

    #chemistry #chemisgryviews #chemviews #historyofchemistry #emilfischer #chemistrydetectivestory #historicchemist #behindthescience