Fritz Blau
Fritz Blau · Science & Medicine
Chemist, first to synthesize bipyridine and luminol
1865, Vienna, Austria — 1929, Germany
Austria · Germany
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Blau was an Austrian Jewish chemist who first synthesized 2,2'-bipyridine (a key coordination-chemistry ligand) and is credited with an early synthesis of luminol. He later became a prolific industrial researcher, heading research at Osram and holding some 185 patents. He was born into a Jewish family in Vienna.
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Chemist, first to synthesize bipyridine and luminol
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
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