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    Wilhelm Theodor Curtius (27 May 1857 – 8 February 1928) was professor of Chemistry at Heidelberg University and elsewhere. He published the Curtius rearrangement...
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    The Curtius rearrangement (or Curtius reaction or Curtius degradation), first defined by Theodor Curtius in 1885, is the thermal decomposition of an acyl...
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  • Curtius may refer to: Curtia gens, the clan to which the Curtii family belonged Marcus Curtius, a noble of early Rome who rode his horse into the Lacus...
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  • homologated ketones. It was first described by Eduard Buchner and Theodor Curtius in 1885 and later by Fritz Schlotterbeck in 1907. Two German chemists...
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    compound and a reagent in organic chemistry. It was discovered by Theodor Curtius in 1883. The compound can be prepared by reaction of the ethyl ester...
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    fractional and is -1/3.[citation needed] It was first isolated in 1890 by Theodor Curtius. The acid has few applications, but its conjugate base, the azide ion...
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    composition of elimination reactions), Theodor Curtius (discoverer of diazo compounds, hydrazines, and the Curtius rearrangement), Ernst Otto Beckmann (discoverer...
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    Duisburg and an alum works at Eichelkamp [de]. Friedrich's brother was Theodor Curtius, a professor of chemistry. Julius' mother was Adele (1824–98, née Brockhoff)...
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  • Carlebach Ernst Boris Chain Otto Detlev Creutzfeldt Rudolf Criegee Theodor Curtius Daniel Dahm Max Delbrück Otto Diels Gerhard Domagk Nikolai Eberhardt...
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    are produced annually. Hexamethylenediamine was first reported by Theodor Curtius. It is produced by the hydrogenation of adiponitrile: NC(CH2)4CN +...
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    amounts causes headaches and palpitations. It was first obtained by Theodor Curtius in 1890, along with other azides. Ammonium azide is ionic, meaning...
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    to form hippuryl hydrazine, C6H5CONHCH2CONHNH2, which was used by Theodor Curtius for the preparation of hydrazoic acid. Justus von Liebig showed in...
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    was awarded a doctorate from the University of Munich in 1888 under Theodor Curtius. Buchner was appointed assistant lecturer in the organic laboratory...
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    its sensitivity. Lead azide in its pure form was first prepared by Theodor Curtius in 1891. Due to sensitivity and stability concerns, the dextrinated...
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    Curtius T (1887). "Über das Diamid (Hydrazin)" [On diamide (hydrazine)]. Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 20: 1632–1634. doi:10.1002/cber.188702001368. Curtius...
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    – Richard Mansfield, Anglo-American stage actor (d. 1907) May 27 – Theodor Curtius, German chemist (d. 1928) May 28 Annie Maria Barnes, American author...
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  • Claus Klaus Clusius Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell Erika Cremer Theodor Curtius Gerhard Damköhler Ludwig Darmstaedter Heinrich Debus Gero Decher Max...
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  • (1933–2022), American chemist, winner of 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Theodor Curtius (1857–1928), German chemist Emil Czyrniański (1824–1888), Polish chemist...
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  • (d. 1876) 1852 – Billy Barnes, English cricketer (d. 1899) 1857 – Theodor Curtius, German chemist (d. 1928) 1860 – Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese...
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    Daniel Rutherford in 1772 and the azide ion (N− 3) was discovered by Theodor Curtius in 1890. Discoveries of other related nitrogenous allotypes during...
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  • Theodor Curtius, who had discovered hydrazoic acid (HN3), described the rearrangement of acyl azides to isocyanates subsequently named the Curtius rearrangement...
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  • February 5 – Xavier Arnozan (born 1852), French physician. February 8 – Theodor Curtius (born 1857), German chemist. March 19 David Ferrier (born 1843), Scottish-born...
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    cyclising peptides. The first protected peptide was synthesised by Theodor Curtius in 1882 and the first free peptide was synthesised by Emil Fischer...
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  • Tönnies in 1917 by German emperor King Wilhelm II of Prussia 1857 1928 Theodor Curtius in 1895 by German emperor King Wilhelm II of Prussia 1858 1947 Max...
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    1920s when its reactions with benzene and p-xylene were studied by Theodor Curtius and Karl Friedrich Schmidt. The compound is reported as having "exceedingly...
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  • in 1916. Beginning in 1917 the journal was edited by Julius Bredt, Theodor Curtius, Karl Elbs, Otto Fischer (1852–1932), Fritz Foerster, and Berthold...
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    to R. Stallé at Heidelberg. He received his doctorate in 1912 under Theodor Curtius at Heidelberg. From 1912, Krauch was employed at BASF, later I.G. Farbenindustrie...
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    laboratories there and met many of the leading chemists, including Theodor Curtius, Kazimierz Fajans, Hans Fischer, Arthur Hantzsch, Hans Meerwein, Jakob...
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    the suicide of Victor Meyer. He stayed with the successor of Meyer, Theodor Curtius, for two further years until 1900 in Heidelberg. Gattermann became...
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  • Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842) 1928 – Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857) 1932 – Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect...
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