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Also Known As Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer
Born October 31, 1835 • Berlin • Prussia
Died August 20, 1917 (aged 81) • Germany
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1905)
Subjects Of Study barbituric acid • benzene ring • chemical synthesis • oxonium salt • phenolphthalein • strain theory • uric acid • dye • fluorescein • indigo

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Emil Fischer.
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Kurt Alder
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