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Nikolai Zinin and synthetic dyes: The road not taken

Brooks, Nathan M.

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127529

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Title
Nikolai Zinin and synthetic dyes: The road not taken
Author(s)
Brooks, Nathan M.
Issue Date
2002-03-15
Keyword(s)
  • History
  • Chemistry
  • Biog Zinin synthetic dye
Abstract
The scientific and cultural contexts of one of the earliest and most important discoveries by a Russian chemist during the 19th century are discussed. Nikolai Zinin's redn. of nitrobenzene to produce aniline in 1842 is particularly interesting because it later became the key step in the synthesis of many coal tar dyes and was the basis for the explosion of the German chem. industry during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Publisher
Division of the History of Chemistry
ISSN
1053-4385
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
article
Language
eng
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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127529
DOI
https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2002v027p026
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Copyright 2002 Division of the History of Chemistry

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Bulletin for the History of Chemistry: Volume 27, Number 1, 2002 PRIMARY