Liebig’s researches

Parallel to and largely independent of the work discussed so far, a second line of research led to important conclusions that were of use in the development of the valence concept. In the third paper, dated 1851, Alexander William Williamson (1824 1904) suggested that an atomic grouping (CO) holds together two parts of a molecule which would otherwise fall apart. This conception can be traced back to Liebig s researches on polybasic acids, which in... 

With the publication of Liebig s research on acetaldehyde in 1835, the groundvrork for the comprehension of the chemical nature of aldehydes clearly set forth. In the years that followed, other aliphatic aldehydes... 

See Frederic L. Holmes, "The Complementarity of Teaching and Research in Liebig s Laboratory,"... 

Liebig s footnote, p. 1, to A. W. Hofmann, "Erzeugung organischer Basen, welche Chlor undBrom enthalten," Liebig s Annalen 53 (1845) 157 quoted in Keas, "The Structure and Philosophy of Group Research," 55. 

Another chemical giant probably wins the prize for the greatest number of biographical studies in recent years. The founder of Europe s first major chemical research school, at Giessen, was Justus Liebig. A recent book describes how chemistry developed in the German states before 1840 and includes Liebig s provocative... 

Justus von Liebig, professor of chemistry at the University of Giessen, Germany, created the first scientific research and teaching laboratory in 1833 (Michaelis 2003). Other scientists of Liebig s era usually worked alone at home or in libraries so Liebig s laboratory was unique in that it enabled scientists to work together, to converse with others about scientific subjects, and to learn from each other thus, it provided an excellent environment for students to study and it served as a model for other institutions worldwide. 

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