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William Henry Perkin Jr., FRS FRSE (17 June 1860 – 17 September 1929) was an English organic chemist who was primarily known for his groundbreaking research work on the degradation of naturally occurring organic compounds .
William Henry Perkin. Sir William Henry Perkin FRS (12 March 1838 – 14 July 1907) [1] was a British chemist and entrepreneur best known for his serendipitous discovery of the first commercial synthetic organic dye, mauveine, made from aniline. Though he failed in trying to synthesise quinine for the treatment of malaria, he became successful ...
William Henry Perkin, Jr., from 1912 to 1929; Sir Robert Robinson, from 1930 to 1954. Nobel Prize winner, 1947; Sir Ewart Jones, from 1954 to 1978; Sir Jack Baldwin, from 1978 to 2003.
chemistry. Institutions. University of Nottingham. Doctoral advisor. William Henry Perkin, Jr. Frederic Stanley Kipping FRS [1] (16 August 1863 – 1 May 1949) was an English chemist. He undertook much of the pioneering work on silicon polymers and coined the term silicone .
Perkin reaction. The Perkin reaction is an organic reaction developed by English chemist William Henry Perkin that is used to make cinnamic acids. It gives an α,β-unsaturated aromatic acid or α-substituted β-aryl acrylic acid by the aldol condensation of an aromatic aldehyde and an acid anhydride, in the presence of an alkali salt of the ...
Mauveine. Mauveine, also known as aniline purple and Perkin's mauve, was one of the first synthetic dyes. [1][2] It was discovered serendipitously by William Henry Perkin in 1856 while he was attempting to synthesise the phytochemical quinine for the treatment of malaria. [3] It is also among the first chemical dyes to have been mass-produced ...
William Henry Perkin Jr. June 17, 1860 Wembley, England September 17, 1929 Oxford, England ... William Henry Bragg: July 2, 1862 Wigton, England March 12, 1942
Perkin triangle. A Perkin triangle is a specialized apparatus for the distillation of air-sensitive materials. It is named after William Henry Perkin Jr., whose design was approximately triangular. [citation needed] The diagram shows a more modern version, in which the glass taps have been replaced with more air-tight Teflon taps.