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    Auguste Laurent (14 November 1807 – 15 April 1853) was a French chemist who helped in the founding of organic chemistry with his discoveries of trichloroethylene...
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    the anhydride. Phthalic acid was first obtained by French chemist Auguste Laurent in 1836 by oxidizing naphthalene tetrachloride. Believing the resulting...
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    industry. French chemist Auguste Laurent extracted phenol in its pure form, as a derivative of benzene, in 1841. In 1836, Auguste Laurent coined the name "phène"...
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    Louis Auguste Laurent Aiguier, a French marine painter, was born at Toulon in 1819, and died in that town in 1865. There are examples of his work in the...
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    Auguste-Laurent Burdeau (French pronunciation: [oɡyst lɔʁɑ̃ byʁdo]; 10 September 1851 – 12 December 1894) was a French politician. He was the son of a...
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  • Laurent series Auguste Laurent (1807–1853), French chemist Christian Laurent, French engineer Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, a French astronomer Laurent...
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    acid. The name "glycolic acid" was coined in 1848 by French chemist Auguste Laurent (1807–1853). He proposed that the amino acid glycine—which was then...
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    and impure form. Gerhardt is usually linked with his contemporary, Auguste Laurent, with whom he shared a strong and influential interest in theories...
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  • chemist Auguste Laurent recognised chloroform as CCl2•HCl (then written as C8Cl8•H4Cl4) in his paper on analysing some organohalides. Laurent also predicted...
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    L'organicisme de Comte, in Auguste Comte aujourd'hui, M. Bourdeau, J.-F. Braunstein, A. Petit (dir), Kimé, 2003, pp. 111–132 Laurent Fedi, Auguste Comte, la disjonction...
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    also chemiluminescent, and was first prepared in 1844 by Auguste Laurent. (See: Auguste Laurent (1844) "Sur un nouvel alcali organique, la lophine" (On...
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  • The theory was pioneered by Justus von Liebig, Friedrich Wöhler and Auguste Laurent around 1830 and is not related to the modern understanding of free...
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    acetones in general (ketones?).") [*Note: In 1844, the French chemist Auguste Laurent suggested a new nomenclature for organic compounds. One of his new...
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    point of only 180°) was discovered in 1832 by Jean-Baptiste Dumas and Auguste Laurent who crystalized it from a fraction of coal tar later known as "anthracene...
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    phenanthrene. Stilbene was discovered in 1843 by the French chemist Auguste Laurent. The name "stilbene" is derived from the Greek word στίλβω (stilbo)...
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  • Experimental studies carried out by Charles Frédéric Gerhardt and Auguste Laurent on organic chemistry demonstrated that Avogadro's law explained why...
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    It was first obtained in 1837 in impure form by the French chemist Auguste Laurent, who called it "camphoryle". In 1849, the French chemist Charles Frédéric...
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    as Williamson, Charles Gerhardt, Edward Frankland, William Odling, Auguste Laurent, Charles-Adolphe Wurtz and others, Kekulé was the principal formulator...
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    Auguste Victor Laurent Casimir-Perier (20 August 1811, in Paris – 6 June 1876) was a French diplomat and political leader. He was the son of Prime Minister...
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    C8H5NO2. The compound was first obtained by Otto Linné Erdman and Auguste Laurent in 1840 as a product from the oxidation of indigo dye by nitric acid...
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  • Auguste Laurent François Baudin (French pronunciation: [oɡyst lɔʁɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa bodɛ̃]; 21 November 1800, Hoogstraten France (now in Belgium) - 1 August 1877...
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    He gave the compound the name benzin. In 1836, the French chemist Auguste Laurent named the substance "phène"; this word has become the root of the English...
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    semidione (Ph−C(−O−)=C(−O•)−Ph ↔ Ph−C(−O•)=C(−O−)−Ph), synthesized by Auguste Laurent in 1836, is believed to have been the first radical ion ever characterized...
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    of cyclohexene using hydrogen peroxide. The waste product is water. Auguste Laurent discovered adipic acid in 1837 by oxidation of various fats with nitric...
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    Rue Abel-Rabaud Rue Alexandre-Dumas Rue Amelot Rue Auguste-Laurent Rue Basfroi Boulevard Beaumarchais Boulevard de Belleville Cité Bertrand Passage Beslay...
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  • First usage of the term was in work by Joseph Priestley around 1790. Auguste Laurent expanded on the theory in the mid 19th century. Constantine Zenghelis...
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    tonnes per year. Phthalic anhydride was first reported in 1836 by Auguste Laurent. Early procedures involved liquid-phase mercury-catalyzed oxidation...
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    theory as well. Only through studies by Charles Frédéric Gerhardt and Auguste Laurent on organic chemistry was it possible to demonstrate that Avogadro's...
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    name [i.e., picric acid] that I designated carboazotic acid, ... ) Auguste Laurent (1841) "Sur le phényle et ses dérivés" (On phenol and its derivatives)...
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    Ferdinand Runge discovered carbolic acid (phenol) in coal-tar, and Auguste Laurent obtained it from "phenylhydrate", which was soon determined to be the...
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