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unusual facts about Emil Fischer


Emil Fischer

Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877–1947), German chemist, worked with oil and coal


Active site

Emil Fischer's lock and key model assumes that the active site is a perfect fit for a specific substrate and that once the substrate binds to the enzyme no further modification occurs.

Barbital

Barbitone was first synthesized in 1902 by German chemists Emil Fischer and Joseph von Mering.

Damrosch Opera Company

Among those with whom he signed contracts were Johanna Gadski and Rosa Sucher, both of whom made their American debuts with the company; others included Max Alvary and Emil Fischer.

Glucose

This understanding occurred largely as a result of the investigations of Emil Fischer, a German chemist who received the 1902 Nobel Prize in Chemistry as a result of his findings.

Hans Thacher Clarke

In 1911 he was awarded an 1851 Exhibition Scholarship, which allowed him to study for three semesters in Berlin under Emil Fischer, and one semester with A. W. Stewart at Queen's College, Belfast.


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