Siegfried Schindler

Feb 19, 2024 | chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Lars Schneider |Christian Würtele |Siegfried Schindler

Introduction Selective oxygenation and oxidation reactions of organic substrates play a key role in industry and nature.1, 2 In industry, for example, the oxygenation of toluene or the production of adipic acid (oxygenation of cyclohexane), a precursor for the synthesis of nylon, are important.3 In nature, oxidations can occur in active sites of enzymes such as e. g.

May 6, 2023 | mdpi.com | Siegfried Schindler

6. AchievementsOnly a few examples of the many achievements Liebig accomplished can be presented here. Aside from trying to understand the basics of chemistry, Liebig was always very interested in practical applications. For example, in Liebig’s time, mirrors were made with mercury, a method that seemed to have been developed in Venice (Figure 8) and their production was dangerous due to the toxic mercury fumes.