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Franz Sondheimer

Who

Franz Sondheimer · Science & Medicine

What

Organic chemist known for the synthesis of annulenes and natural products

When

1926, Stuttgart, Germany — 1981, London, England

Where

Germany · United States · United Kingdom

Biography

Franz Sondheimer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Organic chemist known for the synthesis of annulenes and natural products

How & why

Franz Sondheimer was an organic chemist renowned for the synthesis of the annulenes — large ring molecules that tested theories of aromaticity — and for work on the total synthesis of natural products. He worked at Harvard, the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and University College London. Born in Stuttgart to a Jewish family, he emigrated after the Nazis came to power.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

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Organic chemist known for the synthesis of annulenes and natural products

1926

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science