Alder, Kurt

Alder, Kurt. Dictionary of Scientific Biography, C.C. Gillespie, ed., Charles Scribner s Sons, New York, 1, 105-6 (1970). 

Alder, Kurt. (1902-1958). A German chemist who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry along with... 

Alder, Kurt (1902-58) German chemist who, in 1928, working with Otto Diels, discovered a relatively easy way to produce a ring (cyclic) compound, starting with a compound containing two double bonds separated by a single bond. This is the Diels-Alder reaction, which became important in organic synthesis and earned Alder a share in the 1950 Nobel Prize in chemistry. 

Alder, Kurt (1902-1958) German organic chemist who is noted for the process known as the DIELS-ALDER reaction. Particular cases of the reaction had been... 

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