synthesized was penta-2,3-dienedioic acid, which was prepared by Burton and Pechmann in 1887. However, the structure was only correctly identified in 1954....

and the importance of antiseptic procedures in medicine. 1898: Hans von Pechmann synthesizes polyethylene, now the most common plastic in the world. 1899:...

chemists also preceded Schlotterbeck in discovery of the reaction, Hans von Pechmann in 1895 and Viktor Meyer in 1905. The reaction has since been extended...