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Stanislao Cannizzaro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In 1858, two years after Amedeo Avogadro's death, his fellow Italian Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910) outlined a course in theoretical chemistry for students at the University of Genoa—where he had to teach without benefit of a laboratory. ... Stanislao Cannizzaro at the age of 32, after a sketch by Demetrio Salazzaro.
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In the same year he was appointed professor of physical chemistry at the National College of Alexandria, where he discovered that aromatic aldehydes are decomposed by alcoholic potash into a mixture of the corresponding acid and alcohol, e.g. benzaldehyde into benzoic acid and benzyl alcohol ("Cannizzaro's reaction").
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Born in Palermo, Sicily, in 1826, Stanislao Cannizzaro began medical studies at the University of Palermo before moving to Pisa to study chemistry. However, when the Sicilian revolt broke out in 1848, Cannizzaro took part in the capture of Messina.
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Cannizzaro also worked in aromatic organic chemistry. In 1853 he discovered reactions (named after him) that make benzyl alcohol and benzoic acid from benzaldehyde. Cannizzaro was born in Palermo, Sicily, and studied at Palermo, Naples, and Pisa. ... Cannizaro, Stanislao (1826-1910)
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Life and work of chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro. ... Palermo-born Stanislao Cannizzaro is a special footnote to nineteenth-century physical science. He was, according to some, one of the scientists responsible for bringing chemistry and physics out of the realm of alchemy and into the modern world.
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Cannizzaro was professor of physics and chemistry in Alessandria (1851), he was later professor of chemistry in Genua (1855), Palermo, (1861) and Rome (1871). He conducted research on natural ... Cannizzaro, Stanislao (1826-1910) ... Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography: Cannizzaro, Stanislao (1826-1910)
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CANNIZZARO, STANISLAO (1826 - 1910). Sunto di un Corso. Pisa, 1858. ... When Cannizzaro wrote the Sunto, there was no agreement among chemists as to what values should be adopted for atomic, molecular, or equivalent weights; no possibility of systematizing the relationship of the various elements;
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Italian chemist and ardent nationalist who successfully lobbied for the acceptance of Avogadro's Hypothesis at the Karlsruhe Conference of 1860, which had been called to resolve current problems He had previously promoted Avogadro's theories in An Introduction of a Course in Philosophical Chemistry. ... Branch of Science...
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