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Jacob Volhard

German chemist (1834-1910) · Scientists · Died at 75

Jacob Volhard was the German chemist who discovered, together with his student Hugo Erdmann, the Volhard-Erdmann cyclization reaction. He was also responsible for the improvement of the Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky halogenation.

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Scientists
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Lived 1834 to 1910 · aged 75