Adolf von Baeyer: Winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1905

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 48, 2005, Pages 7836-7840

  De Meijere, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzene; History of chemistry; Indigo; Nitroso compounds; Von Baeyer, Adolf

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DYES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

C-NITROSO COMPOUNDS; HYDROAROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC DYES;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 29144524021     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503351     Document Type: Review

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