Augustin-Pierre Dubrunfaut

Augustin-Pierre Dubrunfaut (French pronunciation: [ogystɛ̃ pjɛʁ dybʁœ̃fo]; 1 September 1797, Lille – 7 October 1881[1]) was a French chemist.

Mutarotation was discovered by Dubrunfaut in 1846, when he noticed that the specific rotation of aqueous sugar solution changes with time.[2][3][4] The organic fructose molecule was first discovered by Dubrunfaut in 1847.[5]

Works

References

  1. A history of chemistry, Volume 4, James Riddick Partington, MacMillan, 1961, p.731.
  2. Horton, D (2008). "The Development of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biology": 1. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-054816-6.00001-X.
  3. Fletcher, Hewitt G. (1940). "Augustin-Pierre Dubrunfaut—An early sugar chemist". Journal of Chemical Education. 17 (4): 153. doi:10.1021/ed017p153.
  4. Battley, E (1998). "Augustin Pierre Dubrunfaut". Thermochimica Acta. 309: 1. doi:10.1016/S0040-6031(97)83271-6.
  5. Fruton, J.S. Molecules of Life 1972, Wiley-Interscience
  6. openlibrary.org


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