Chemist no. 118 of 350 · Organic
Leopold Ružička
1887-1976SwitzerlandNobel Chemistry 1939
Polymethylenes and higher terpenes
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Leopold Ružička: Large Rings, Perfume Molecules and the Isoprene Rule
How Leopold Ružička proved large rings are stable, solved muscone and civetone, stated the isoprene rule and made testosterone. JAM, NET, GATE notes.
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Leopold Ružička: From a Danube Town to the Chemistry of Perfume and Hormones
Life of Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and 1939 Nobel laureate who solved large rings, terpenes and sex hormones, and collected Dutch paintings.
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