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Also Known As Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe
Born September 27, 1818 • Germany
Died November 25, 1884 (aged 66) • Leipzig • Germany
Subjects Of Study chemical synthesis • organic compound • substitution reaction

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Friedrich Wöhler
Friedrich Wöhler
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Robert Burns Woodward, 1966
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Peter Armbruster
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Joseph Loschmidt
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Kurt Alder.
Kurt Alder
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Baeyer, 1905
Adolf von Baeyer
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