Paul Karrer (1889 – 1971)- Pioneering research on the structure of vitamins
Paul Karrer, a Swiss organic chemist, was the first to unravel the chemical structure of several vitamins and plant dyes, and also the first...
Herbert C. Brown (1912 – 2004)
A few times in the history of chemistry have new synthetic methods been deemed so important that the originators have been awarded the Nobel...
James B. Sumner (1887–1955)
In 1917, when the pioneering American biochemist James Batcheller Sumner commenced his quest to isolate an enzyme, he had to grapple with a busy...
Linus Pauling (1901–1994) – The Founder of Molecular Biology
He may be best remembered by ordinary people for advocating the use of high doses of Vitamin C for good health. But scientists respect...
Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897–1967) – Brilliant Physical Chemist and Scholar
Acknowledged as an authority on chemical kinetics and chain reactions and later on for his research on the kinetics of bacterial growth, the British...
Lord Alexander Todd – Pioneering researcher of nucleotides
Alexander Todd is known for his work on the chemistry of nucleotides, his work on Vitamin B1 and for unravelling the chemical structure of...
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