Erik Christian Clemmensen
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Erik Christian Clemmensen (1876 - May 21, 1941) was a Danish-American chemist
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Clemmensen was born in Odense
, Denmark
. Clemmensen studied at Polytechnical University in Copenhagen
. He emigrated to the United States in 1900 and worked in the pharmaceutical industry. For the invention of the Clemmensen reduction
, he received his Ph.D. in 1913 from the University of Copenhagen
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Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
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Clemmensen was born in Odense
Odense
The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark.Odense City has a population of 167,615 and is the main city of the island of Funen...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. Clemmensen studied at Polytechnical University in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. He emigrated to the United States in 1900 and worked in the pharmaceutical industry. For the invention of the Clemmensen reduction
Clemmensen reduction
Clemmensen reduction is a chemical reaction described as a reduction of ketones to alkanes using zinc amalgam and hydrochloric acid. This reaction is named after Erik Christian Clemmensen, a Danish chemist....
, he received his Ph.D. in 1913 from the University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...
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