Chemie der Kohlenhydrate, der Pflanzeninhaltsstoffe und der mikrobiellen Stoffwechselprodukte im Spiegel der <i>Helvetica Chimica Acta</i> 1918–1992

Tamm, Christoph

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“…Tadeus Reichstein accepted simultaneous duties to lead the Institute of Organic Chemistry following Rugglis death and eventually relinquished his duties as Director of the Institute of Pharmacy in 1950 described earlier [9] [56]. But during his tenure, Reichstein fought for an upgrade in laboratory conditions and renovation of the chemistry building at Spitalstrasse [57].…”

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The 550th Anniversary of the Universität Basel, 1460 – 2010: Paracelsian Beginnings and Chemistry

Craig¹

2010

Helvetica Chimica Acta

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This year marks the 550th anniversary of the founding of the Universität Basel. After its inception, the development of chemistry has played a major role in its evolution as an academic institution to meet the needs of industry and the educational community. Chemistry evolved in Basel as a dominant industry because of its central location and connection to the Rhine. The dyestuff industry and later the pharmaceutical industry established the Basel location as a major center of distribution. Companies like Sandoz AG, Ciba AG, J. R. Geigy AG, and F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG influenced the defining role of chemistry not only in Europe but throughout the world. This article highlights some of the academic personalities that contributed to the development of chemistry in the remarkable history of the Universität Basel since the time of Paracelsus.

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The 550th Anniversary of the Universität Basel, 1460 – 2010: Paracelsian Beginnings and Chemistry

Craig¹

2010

Helvetica Chimica Acta

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“…Although this paper was not the last word on the subject, it illustrates what could be done in those days. Meyer's later contributions to carbohydrate chemistry in HCA have been summarized elsewhere [26].…”

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Structural chemistry in Helvetica Chimica Acta, 1917–1992

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Dunitz

1993

Helvetica Chimica Acta

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What is Structural Chemistry? -Around 1959 the elder author of this paper happened to meet the famous, recently retired Professor Leopold Ruzicka on the steps of the ETH Chemistry building in Zurich. To make conversation, he remarked that he had just determined the structure of cyclododecane -what he meant was that he had just determined the crystal structure of this compound and established the conformation of the molecule [I]. 'Ahah' countered Ruzicka, 'Die kenne ich schon lange !'. Clearly, Ruzicka understood the word 'structure' to mean something quite different from that understood by his younger colleague. Structure -molecular structurehas always been the stuff that chemistry is built on, even when the very existence of molecules was conjectural, and it has meant quite different things at different times to different kinds of chemist. Here we take 'structural chemistry' to be concerned not just with the determination and consequences of molecular constitution but rather more with the detailed study of the metrical aspects of atomic arrangements in molecules and its consequences for chemical properties. In this century, many different physico-chemical techniques have been directed to the investigation of molecular structure -various kinds of spectroscopy, as well as diffraction methods applied to all states of matter, in addition to theoretical calculations at all levels of sophistication and credibility. Since we assume that most of these physico-chemical approaches, as far as Heloetica Chimica Acta ( H C A ) are concerned, are at least mentioned in the article by Gunthard and Heilbronner [2], we shall concentrate here on what is the most relevant for our purpose, the study of matter by X-ray crystallography; for this chapter, then, we define structural chemistry in a very limited sense as the study of structure, mainly in the solid state, and the implications of the results for chemistry as a whole.Historical Development. -The development of structural chemistry as seen through the pages of H C A closely follows the development of the subject in the world at large. The journal is almost the same age as X-ray crystal-structure analysis, give and take a few years. Laue's discovery that X-rays are diffracted by crystals was made in 1912 [3], and the atomic arrangements in several highly symmetrical crystals such as rock salt (NaCl), zincblende (ZnS), fluorspar (CaFJ, and diamond were determined by the Braggs, father and son, almost immediately afterwards in a series of fundamental studies [4] [5]. Nevertheless, in spite of important first steps made during the early years, the method was still in its infancy in 1917 and virtually unknown to chemists then and for many years to come.

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ChemInform Abstract: Chemistry of Carbohydrates, Plant Contents and Microbial Products of Metabolism in the Mirror of the Helvetica Chimica Acta 1918‐1992

Tamm

1993

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Chemie der Kohlenhydrate, der Pflanzeninhaltsstoffe und der mikrobiellen Stoffwechselprodukte im Spiegel der Helvetica Chimica Acta 1918–1992

Cited by 5 publications

References 283 publications

The 550th Anniversary of the Universität Basel, 1460 – 2010: Paracelsian Beginnings and Chemistry

The 550th Anniversary of the Universität Basel, 1460 – 2010: Paracelsian Beginnings and Chemistry

Structural chemistry in Helvetica Chimica Acta, 1917–1992

ChemInform Abstract: Chemistry of Carbohydrates, Plant Contents and Microbial Products of Metabolism in the Mirror of the Helvetica Chimica Acta 1918‐1992

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