Christen Thomsen Barfoed af Budtz Müller

Christen Thomsen Barfoed (16 June 1815 – 30 April 1889) was a

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe t ...

credited with the development of a method to detect monosaccharide sugars in a solution, now known as the

Barfoed's test Barfoed's test is a chemical test used for detecting the presence of monosaccharides. It is based on the reduction of copper(II) acetate to copper(I) oxide (Cu2O), which forms a brick-red precipitate. ::RCHO + 2Cu2+ + 2H2O → RCOOH + Cu2O↓ ...

. Barfoed is also credited with having introduced systematic chemical analyses in Danish agricultural sciences.''Den Store Danske'': Christen Thomsen Barfoed

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Danish chemists 1815 births 1889 deaths {{Denmark-scientist-stub