Baeyer

[ bey-er; German be-yuhr ]

noun

1. (Jo·hann Frie·drich Wil·helm) A·dolf von [yoh, -hahn , free, -drik , wil, -helm , ad, -olf von, ey, -dolf, yoh, -hahn , free, -d, r, i, kh, , vil, -helm , ah, -dawlf f, uh, n], Adolf Baeyer, 1835–1917, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1905.

Baeyer

/ ˈbaɪər /

noun

1. BaeyerJohann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von18351917MGermanSCIENCE: chemist Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von (joˈhan ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈaːdɔlf fɔn). 1835–1917, German chemist, noted for the synthesis of indigo: Nobel prize for chemistry 1905

Example Sentences

We may also mention the famous laboratory at Munich designed by A. von Baeyer in 1875.

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Baeyer has suggested that the nine carbon atom system of xanthone may act as a chromophore.

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Like von Baeyer's hypothesis, this assumes that formaldehyde and oxygen are the first products of photosynthesis.

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Another notable discovery is that of artificial Indigo by Baeyer in 1878.

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