The road to chemical names and eponyms: Discovery, priority, and credit

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 44, 2004, Pages 5888-5894

  Cintas, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discovery; Elements; History of chemistry; Named reactions

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HISTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHEMICAL DISCOVERY; EPONYMS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; NOMENCLATURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 9244224616     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200330074     Document Type: Review

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