Conrad Peter Laar (22 March 1853 – 11 February 1929) was a German

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 ...

. He coined the expression

tautomerism Tautomers () are structural isomers (constitutional isomers) of chemical compounds that readily interconvert. The chemical reaction interconverting the two is called tautomerization. This conversion commonly results from the relocation of a hyd ...

in 1885.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Laar, Konrad Peter 1853 births 1929 deaths 19th-century German chemists Scientists from Hamburg University of Bonn faculty 20th-century German chemists