About Paul Rothemund
Lived 1904 – 1970 (aged 65–66). Paul Rothemund was a biochemist.
Paul Wilhelm Karl Rothemund (January 13, 19041970) was a chemist who developed reactions related to porphyrins. The Rothemund reaction the still-classic process for the synthesis of these compounds is named for him. His grandson Paul W. K. Rothemund is also a chemist.
Rothemund worked in the lab of Hans Fischer in Germany prior to being recruited by Charles F. Kettering in 1930 to come to Antioch College to study photosynthesis and chlorophyll.
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Who was Paul Rothemund?
chemist, born 1904
When was Paul Rothemund born?
Paul Rothemund was born in 1904.
When did Paul Rothemund die?
Paul Rothemund died in 1970.
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Paul Rothemund was a biochemist.
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