Hermann Fischer

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1902

Sugar, purine syntheses. Produced phenylhydrazine. Artificial sugars. Purines from caffeine.

Businessman father, “Emil too stupid to be business man; better be a student.” Sent him to study chemistry.

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Eponyms

1. Emil Fischer Medal - When Fischer died in 1919, the Emil Fischer Memorial Medal was instituted by the German Chemical Society.
2. Fischer indole synthesis
3. Fischer projection
4. Fischer oxazole synthesis
5. Fischer peptide synthesis
6. Fischer phenylhydrazine and oxazone reaction
7. Fischer reduction
8. Fischer–Speier esterification
9. Fischer glycosidation
10. Emil Fischer Award
11. Emil Fischer Center

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