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    Hermann Staudinger (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁman ˈʃtaʊ̯dɪŋɐ] ; 23 March 1881 – 8 September 1965) was a German organic chemist who demonstrated the existence...
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  • discovered by and named after Hermann Staudinger. The reaction follows this stoichiometry: R3P + R'N3 → R3P=NR' + N2 The Staudinger reduction is conducted in...
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    contributed to the materials science of plastics, including Nobel laureate Hermann Staudinger, who has been called "the father of polymer chemistry," and Herman...
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    of polymers was not understood until the work of Hermann Staudinger in 1922. Prior to Staudinger's work, polymers were understood in terms of the association...
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    first studied as a class by Hermann Staudinger before 1905. Ketenes were systematically investigated by Hermann Staudinger in 1905 in the form of diphenylketene...
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    covalently bonded macromolecular structures was proposed in 1920 by Hermann Staudinger, who spent the next decade finding experimental evidence for this...
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  • chemistry Hermann Staudinger, father of polymer chemistry Wallace Carothers, inventor of nylon. Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar. The chemist Hermann Staudinger...
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  • Austrian cinematographer Hans Staudinger (1889–1980), German politician Hermann Staudinger (1881–1965), German chemist who demonstrated the existence of macromolecules...
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    saponification and esterification reaction was a strong hint for Hermann Staudinger in the formulation of his theory of macromolecules. Polyvinyl acetate...
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    Louis Néel Wilhelm Röntgen Jean-Pierre Sauvage Albert Schweitzer Hermann Staudinger Pieter Zeeman Johannes Sturm (1507–1589) Johannes Nicolaus Furichius...
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    term macromolecule (macro- + molecule) was coined by Nobel laureate Hermann Staudinger in the 1920s, although his first relevant publication on this field...
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    biologist and botanist who studied macromolecules with her husband Hermann Staudinger and their application to biology. She was acknowledged as his collaborator...
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    are still used in the research of liquid crystals today. In 1920, Hermann Staudinger, recipient of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was the first person...
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    minister of education that the chemist Hermann Staudinger had been a pacifist during World War I. Staudinger was a professor of chemistry at Freiburg...
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  • Lebedev, the American Wallace Carothers and the German scientist Hermann Staudinger led in 1931 to one of the first successful synthetic rubbers, known...
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    Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958) Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) March 25 Béla Bartók...
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    published. The reaction was discovered in 1907 by the German chemist Hermann Staudinger. The reaction did not attract interest until the 1940s, when the structure...
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  • polycarbonate, Makrolon. Hermann Schnell studied chemistry at the University of Freiberg. His supervisor was Hermann Staudinger a well-known polymer chemist...
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    Ružička set up excellent cooperation with Hermann Staudinger (a Nobel laureate in 1953). Studying within Staudinger's department, he obtained his doctoral...
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    that thermal agitations would shake such long molecules asunder. Hermann Staudinger faced similar prejudices in the 1920s when he argued that rubber was...
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    a 19.5MV/m breakdown voltage. Polyoxymethylene was discovered by Hermann Staudinger, a German chemist who received the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry....
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    Gestapo of the pacifist leanings of a distinguished Faculty member, Hermann Staudinger. The Nazi geneticist Eugen Fischer promoted racist views while a member...
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  • cyclopropanation studies of ethyl diazoacetate with toluene. In 1912 Hermann Staudinger also converted alkenes to cyclopropanes with diazomethane and CH2...
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    cellulose began in the 1890s and cellophane was invented in 1912. Hermann Staudinger determined the polymer structure of cellulose in 1920. The compound...
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    son, Hermann Haber, lived in France until 1941, but was unable to obtain French citizenship. When Germany invaded France during World War II, Hermann and...
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    research, building on and testing the theories of German chemist Hermann Staudinger. He was very successful, as research he undertook greatly improved...
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    Selman Waksman François Mauriac Albert Schweitzer 1953 Frits Zernike Hermann Staudinger Hans Adolf Krebs; Fritz Albert Lipmann Winston Churchill George Marshall...
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  • Hertha Sponer Hermann Sprengel Heinz Staab Adolf Stachel Georg Städeler Georg Ernst Stahl Kurt Starke Hermann Staudinger Magda Staudinger Wolfgang Steglich...
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    winner) Hermann Staudinger, son of women's rights activist Auguste (born Wenk) and Franz Staudinger, a high school teacher. She and Hermann first lived...
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    following the elucidation of the structures of pyrethrin I and II by Hermann Staudinger and Leopold Ružička in the 1920s. The pyrethroids represented a major...
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