Adolf von Baeyer
Adolf von Baeyer
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a German chemist who synthesised indigo and developed a nomenclature for cyclic compounds (that was subsequently extended and adopted as part of the IUPAC organic nomenclature).
Born
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf Baeyer 31 October 1835 Berlin, Prussia ( German Confederation )
Died
20 August 1917 (aged 81) Starnberg, ( Bavaria ) German Empire
Nationality
Germany
Known for
Synthesis of indigo, phenolphthalein and fluorescein Photogeochemistry Baeyer nomenclature Baeyer reagent Baeyer strain Baeyer–Drewson indigo synthesis Baeyer–Emmerling indole synthesis Baeyer–Villiger
Fields
Organic chemistry
Alma mater
University of Berlin
Awards
Davy Medal (1881) Liebig Medal (1903) Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1905) Elliott Cresson Medal (1912)
Institutions
University of Berlin Gewerbe-Akademie, Berlin University of Strasbourg University of Munich
Spouse(s)
Adelheid Bendemann (m. 1868)
adultbasic
Germany
Children
3; including Otto .
Doctoral advisor
Friedrich August Kekulé
Doctoral students
Emil Fischer John Ulric Nef Victor Villiger Carl Theodore Liebermann Carl Gräbe
era
1800+
Influenced
Otto Hahn