Augustin-Pierre Dubrunfaut
Encyclopedia
Augustin-Pierre Dubrunfaut (born in 1797 in Lille
- died in 1881) was a French chemist.
Mutarotation
was discovered by Dubrunfaut in 1846, when he noticed that the specific rotation of aqueous sugar solution changes with time. The organic fructose
molecule was first discovered by Dubrunfaut in 1847.
Lille
Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
- died in 1881) was a French chemist.
Mutarotation
Mutarotation
Mutarotation is the change in the optical rotation that occurs by epimerization...
was discovered by Dubrunfaut in 1846, when he noticed that the specific rotation of aqueous sugar solution changes with time. The organic fructose
Fructose
Fructose, or fruit sugar, is a simple monosaccharide found in many plants. It is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, along with glucose and galactose, that are absorbed directly into the bloodstream during digestion. Fructose was discovered by French chemist Augustin-Pierre Dubrunfaut in 1847...
molecule was first discovered by Dubrunfaut in 1847.
Works
- Art de fabriquer le sucre de betteraves, contenant 1. la description des meilleures méthodes usitées pour la culture et la conservation de cette racine
- Traité complet de l'art de la distillation Paris: Bachelier, 1824