# Robert Sidney Cahn

> Robert Sidney Cahn was a British chemist, best known for his contributions to chemical nomenclature and stereochemistry, particularly by the Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules, which he proposed in 1956 with Christopher Kelk Ingold and Vladimir Prelog. Cahn was the first to report the structure of Cannabinol (CBN) found in Cannabis in the early 1930s.

*British chemist (1899-1981)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1899-06-09
- **Died:** 1981-06-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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