Ugo (Hugo) Schiff
Ugo (Hugo) Schiff · Science & Medicine
Chemist known for Schiff bases and Schiff's test
1834, Frankfurt am Main, Germany — 1915, Florence, Italy
Germany · Switzerland · Italy
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Ugo (Hugo) Schiff was a German-born chemist who spent much of his career in Italy and is remembered for discovering Schiff bases — condensation products of amines and aldehydes — and for Schiff's test for detecting aldehydes, both still standard in chemistry. His work was foundational in organic and analytical chemistry. Schiff came from a German-Jewish family in Frankfurt and was the brother of the physiologist Moritz Schiff.
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Chemist known for Schiff bases and Schiff's test
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
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