Berlin and Bavaria
Baeyer was born in Berlin on 31 October 1835 and died in Starnberg on 20 August 1917. He was ennobled in the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1885.
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Adolf von Baeyer
Synthesizing indigo and developing a nomenclature for cyclic compounds that was later incorporated into IUPAC organic nomenclature.
Adolf von Baeyer was a German chemist born in Berlin in 1835. He synthesized indigo, developed a nomenclature for cyclic compounds and received the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Worth knowing
The Synthesis of Indigo
Baeyer synthesized indigo, one of his principal achievements in chemistry.
Nomenclature for Cyclic Compounds
Baeyer developed a nomenclature for cyclic compounds. It was subsequently extended and adopted as part of IUPAC organic nomenclature.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Baeyer received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1905.
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