Richard Willstätter

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gptkbp:instanceOf chemist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_Munich
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Munich
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Foreign_Member_of_the_Royal_Society
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Munich
Honorary_Member_of_the_German_Chemical_Society
Member_of_the_Leopoldina_Academy
gptkbp:born August 13, 1872
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:died August 3, 1942
gptkbp:field organic chemistry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard Willstätter
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Hermann_Staudinger
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Adolf_von_Baeyer
gptkbp:knownFor synthesis of chlorophyll
research on enzymes
research on chlorophyll
studies on plant pigments
studies on the structure of organic compounds
work on alkaloids
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Hermann_Staudinger
gptkb:Richard_Kuhn
gptkbp:patentDescription Über die chemische Zusammensetzung des Chlorophylls
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Karlsruhe,_Germany
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Munich,_Germany
gptkbp:researchContribution exploration of the role of chlorophyll in energy transfer
contribution to the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms
development of methods for studying plant pigments
development of new analytical techniques
exploration of the chemistry of natural products
investigation of the structure of alkaloids
investigation of the structure of chlorophyll
study of the biosynthesis of chlorophyll
study of the properties of enzymes
study of the role of chlorophyll in photosynthesis
synthesis of various organic compounds
investigation of the chemical properties of chlorophyll derivatives
study of the interaction between light and organic molecules
gptkbp:researchField biochemistry
photochemistry
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margarete_Willstätter