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Eugen Bamberger

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Eugen Bamberger · Science & Medicine

What

Organic chemist known for the Bamberger rearrangement

When

1857, Berlin, Germany — 1932, Ponte Tresa, Switzerland

Where

Germany · Switzerland

Biography

Eugen Bamberger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Organic chemist known for the Bamberger rearrangement

How & why

Eugen Bamberger was a German organic chemist best known for the Bamberger rearrangement, the acid-catalyzed conversion of N-arylhydroxylamines into para-aminophenols, and for extensive studies of aromatic compounds and their structure. He spent much of his career at ETH Zurich. He was of Jewish descent.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Organic chemist known for the Bamberger rearrangement

1857

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry