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For his son sometimes known as Emil Jr., see Friedrich Gustav Carl Emil Erlenmeyer
Friedrich Gustav Carl Emil Erlenmeyer

Friedrich Gustav Carl Emil Erlenmeyer was a German chemist an the discoverer of the Erlenmeyer-Pl?chl azlactone and amino acid synthesis. He was the son of Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer....


Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer (28 June 1825 – 22 January 1909) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 chemist
Chemist

A chemist is a scientist trained in the science of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density, acidity, size and shape....
, usually known simply as Emil Erlenmeyer. He was born in Taunusstein
Taunusstein

Taunusstein is with more than 29,000 inhabitants the biggest town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
.

He spent some years as a pharmacist
Pharmacist

Pharmacists are health professionals who practice the science of pharmacy. In their traditional role, pharmacists typically take a request for medicines from a prescribing health care provider in the form of a medical prescription and dispense the medication to the patient and counsel them on the proper use and adverse effects of that medic...
 after studying medicine.

He studied at Gießen
Gießen

Gie?en is a town in the States of Germany of Hessen, capital of both the Gie?en and the Gie?en . The population is approximately 71,000, with roughly 22,000 university students....
 but not under Justus von Liebig
Justus von Liebig

Justus von Liebig was a German chemist who made major contributions to agriculture and biology chemistry, and worked on the organization of organic chemistry....
 - rather he worked with Liebig's student Will and with Fresenius - and at Heidelberg
Heidelberg

Heidelberg is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. As of 2006, over 140,000 people live within the city's area. The town of Heidelberg is an administrative district of its own....
 under Friedrich Kekulé.






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For his son sometimes known as Emil Jr., see Friedrich Gustav Carl Emil Erlenmeyer
Friedrich Gustav Carl Emil Erlenmeyer

Friedrich Gustav Carl Emil Erlenmeyer was a German chemist an the discoverer of the Erlenmeyer-Pl?chl azlactone and amino acid synthesis. He was the son of Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer....


Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer (28 June 1825 – 22 January 1909) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 chemist
Chemist

A chemist is a scientist trained in the science of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density, acidity, size and shape....
, usually known simply as Emil Erlenmeyer. He was born in Taunusstein
Taunusstein

Taunusstein is with more than 29,000 inhabitants the biggest town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
.

He spent some years as a pharmacist
Pharmacist

Pharmacists are health professionals who practice the science of pharmacy. In their traditional role, pharmacists typically take a request for medicines from a prescribing health care provider in the form of a medical prescription and dispense the medication to the patient and counsel them on the proper use and adverse effects of that medic...
 after studying medicine.

He studied at Gießen
Gießen

Gie?en is a town in the States of Germany of Hessen, capital of both the Gie?en and the Gie?en . The population is approximately 71,000, with roughly 22,000 university students....
 but not under Justus von Liebig
Justus von Liebig

Justus von Liebig was a German chemist who made major contributions to agriculture and biology chemistry, and worked on the organization of organic chemistry....
 - rather he worked with Liebig's student Will and with Fresenius - and at Heidelberg
Heidelberg

Heidelberg is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. As of 2006, over 140,000 people live within the city's area. The town of Heidelberg is an administrative district of its own....
 under Friedrich Kekulé. He also associated himself with Robert Bunsen
Robert Bunsen

Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen was a Germany chemist. He investigated electromagnetic spectroscopy of heated elements, and with Gustav Kirchhoff he discovered cesium and rubidium....
 in the study of fertilizer
Fertilizer

Fertilizers are chemical compounds given to plants to promote growth; they are usually applied either through the soil, for uptake by plant roots, or by foliar feeding, for uptake through leaves....
s. Erlenmeyer was professor of chemistry at the Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
 Polytechnic School from 1868 to 1883. His experimental work included the discovery and synthesis of several organic compounds, e.g., isobutyric acid
Isobutyric acid

Isobutyric acid, also known as 2-methylpropanoic acid, is a carboxylic acid with structural formula 2-CH-carboxyl group. It is found in the free state in carobs and in the root of Arnica dulcis, and as an ethyl ester in croton oil....
 (1865); in 1861 he invented the conical flask
Erlenmeyer flask

An Erlenmeyer flask, commonly known as a conical flask or E-flask, is a widely used type of laboratory flask which featuresa conical base and a cylindrical neck....
 that bears his name. Among the first to adopt structural formulas based on valence
Valence (chemistry)

In chemistry, valence, also known as valency or valency number, is a measure of the number of chemical bonds formed by the atoms of a given chemical element....
, he proposed the modern naphthalene
Naphthalene

Naphthalene, also known as naphthalin, naphthaline, tar camphor, white tar, albocarbon, or antimite and not to be confused with naphtha, is a crystalline, Aromaticity, white, solid hydrocarbon with formula Carbon10hydrogen8 and the structure of two fused benzene rings....
 formula of two benzene
Benzene

Benzene, or benzol, is an organic compound chemical compound and a known carcinogen with the molecular formula Carbon6Hydrogen6....
 rings sharing two carbon atoms.

In 1880 he formulated the Erlenmeyer Rule: All alcohol
Alcohol

In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which a hydroxyl Functional group is bound to a carbon atom of an alkyl or substituted alkyl group....
s in which the hydroxyl group is attached directly to a double-bonded carbon
Carbon

Carbon is a chemical element with chemical symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalence?making four electrons available to form covalent bond chemical bonds....
 atom become aldehyde
Aldehyde

An aldehyde is an organic compound containing a terminal carbonyl group. This functional group, which consists of a carbon atom bonded to a hydrogen atom and double bond to an oxygen atom , is called the aldehyde group....
s or ketone
Ketone

In organic chemistry, a ketone is a type of organic compound which contains a carbonyl group bonded to two other carbon atoms in the form:Neither of the substituents R1 and R2 may be equal to hydrogen ....
s.

He had to leave academic work in 1883 for health reasons, but continued to act as a consultant. Erlenmeyer died in Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg

Aschaffenburg is a large town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg , but is the administrative seat....
.

See also

  • Erlenmeyer flask
    Erlenmeyer flask

    An Erlenmeyer flask, commonly known as a conical flask or E-flask, is a widely used type of laboratory flask which featuresa conical base and a cylindrical neck....