# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-walden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:19:13.352Z

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name: "Paul Walden"
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description: "Paul Walden was a Latvian-Baltic German chemist known for his work in stereochemistry and history of chemistry. In particular, he discovered Walden's rule, he invented the stereochemical reaction known as Walden inversion and synthesized the first room-temperature ionic liquid, ethylammonium nitrate."
tagline: "Baltic German chemist (1863-1957)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1863-07-14"
deathDate: "1957-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump