• electron withdrawing group such as cyano, keto, or ester as shown. The Wichterle reaction is a variant of the Robinson annulation that replaces methyl vinyl...
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  • Wichterle could mean: Otto Wichterle, Czech chemist and inventor, best known for his invention of soft contact lenses. The Wichterle reaction, a chemical...
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  • Wharton reaction Whiting reaction Wichterle reaction Widman–Stoermer synthesis Wilkinson catalyst Willgerodt rearrangement Willgerodt–Kindler reaction Williamson...
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    30°C. During polymerization, it shrinks by approximately 6%. In 1960, O. Wichterle and D. Lím described its use in synthesis of hydrophilic crosslinked networks...
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    way to slow down this reaction, which they used to determine the source of a blue flash that is briefly produced during the reaction. Pavel Jungwirth is...
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    patent for the hydrogel contact lenses created by Czech scientists Otto Wichterle and Drahoslav Lím. In 1971, after three years of development work, two...
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    Prize for Organic Chemistry from the Czech Chemical Society 2004: Otto Wichterle Premium for Younger Scientists 2004: Prize of the Academy of Sciences...
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    S2CID 208186566. Nagai M, Re DB, Nagata T, Chalazonitis A, Jessell TM, Wichterle H, Przedborski S (May 2007). "Astrocytes expressing ALS-linked mutated...
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    incorporates text by Jessica Hutchinson available under the CC BY 3.0 license. Wichterle, O.; Lím, D. (1960-01-01). "Hydrophilic Gels for Biological Use". Nature...
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  • Whinfield (1901–1966), British chemist, discovered polyester fibres Otto Wichterle (1913–1998), Czech chemist, known for inventing modern contact lenses...
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    microfabrication and bioprinting evolve over the past decade. In 1960, Wichterle and Lim were the first to publish experiments on hydrogels for biomedical...
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    2001 James Flack Norris Award from American Chemical Society 2001 Otto Wichterle prize from Czech chemical society 2004 Honorary doctorate from Masaryk...
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    graduate school, he was mentored by professors Drahoslav Lim and Otto Wichterle, who invented hydrogels and created soft contact lenses. Kopeček received...
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    Wireless Telegraphy". www.invent.org. June 4, 2024. "NIHF Inductee Otto Wichterle, Who Invented Contact Lenses". www.invent.org. June 5, 2024. "NIHF Inductee...
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