The German Chemical Society (German: ', GDCh) is a
learned society
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and
professional association
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founded in 1949 to represent the interests of German chemists in local, national and international contexts. GDCh "brings together people working in chemistry and the molecular sciences and supports their striving for positive, sustainable scientific advance – for the good of humankind and the environment, and a future worth living for."
[Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)]
About us, Mission Statement and History
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History
The earliest precursor of today's GDCh was the German Chemical Society (', DChG). Adolf von Baeyer
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (; 31 October 1835 – 20 August 1917) was a German chemist who synthesised indigo and developed a nomenclature for cyclic compounds (that was subsequently extended and adopted as part of the IUPAC org ...
was prominent among the German chemists who established DChG in 1867; and August Wilhelm von Hofmann
August Wilhelm von Hofmann (8 April 18185 May 1892) was a German chemist who made considerable contributions to organic chemistry. His research on aniline helped lay the basis of the aniline-dye industry, and his research on coal tar laid the g ...
was the first president.Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society (professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemistry, chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the Ro ...
. Like its British counterpart, DChG sought to foster the communication of new ideas and facts throughout Germany and across international borders.[ Lagowski, J. J. (1991)]
"A British Sesquicentennial,"
''Journal of Chemical Education
The ''Journal of Chemical Education'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal available in both print and electronic versions. It is published by the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society and was established in 1924 ...
,'' Vol 68, No. 1, p. 1; acknowledging the sesquicentennial of The Chemical Society in London, which eventually became the Royal Society of Chemistry; retrieved 2011-06-08
In 1946, the current organization was created by a merger of the German Chemical Society (DChG) and the Association of German Chemists (', VDCh).
Honorary Members of the GDCh have included Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn (; 8 March 1879 – 28 July 1968) was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry. He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and father of nuclear fission. Hahn and Lise Meitner ...
, Robert B. Woodward
Robert Burns Woodward (April 10, 1917 – July 8, 1979) was an American organic chemist. He is considered by many to be the most preeminent synthetic organic chemist of the twentieth century, having made many key contributions to the subject, e ...
, Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn (born 30 September 1939) is a French chemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Donald Cram and Charles Pedersen in 1987 for his synthesis of cryptands. Lehn was an early innovator in the field of supramolec ...
, George Olah
George Andrew Olah (born Oláh András György; May 22, 1927 – March 8, 2017) was a Hungarian-American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Pr ...
and other eminent scientists.[GDCh]
Ehrenmitgliedschaft
Activities
Scientific publications of the society include '','' ''Angewandte Chemie
''Angewandte Chemie'' (, meaning "Applied Chemistry") is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by Wiley-VCH on behalf of the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker). Publishing formats include feature-length ...
,'' '' Chemistry: A European Journal,'' ''European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
The ''European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry'' is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering inorganic, organometallic, bioinorganic, and solid-state chemistry. It is published by Wiley-VCH on behalf of Chemistry Europe.
The journal, ...
,'' ''European Journal of Organic Chemistry
The ''European Journal of Organic Chemistry'' is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering organic chemistry. It is published by Wiley-VCH on behalf of Chemistry Europe.
The journal, along with the ''European Journal of Inorganic Chemi ...
,'' '' ChemPhysChem,'' ''ChemSusChem
''ChemSusChem'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 2008 and published by Wiley-VCH on behalf of Chemistry Europe. The editor-in-chief is David J. Smith. The journal covers research at the interface of chemistry and susta ...
,'' ''ChemBioChem
''ChemBioChem'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering chemical biology, synthetic biology, and bio- nanotechnology and published by Wiley-VCH on behalf of Chemistry Europe. The journal publishes communications, full papers, reviews, mi ...
,'' ''ChemMedChem
''ChemMedChem'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering medicinal chemistry. It is published by Wiley-VCH on behalf of Chemistry Europe. In addition to original research in the form of full papers and shorter communications, the jou ...
,'' ''ChemCatChem
''ChemCatChem'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering heterogeneous, homogeneous, and biocatalysis. It is published by Wiley-VCH on behalf of Chemistry Europe.
According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a ...
,'' ''ChemistryViews
Chemistry Europe (formerly ChemPubSoc Europe) is an organization of 16 chemical societies from 15 European countries, representing over 75,000 chemists. It publishes a family of academic chemistry journals, covering a broad range of disciplines.
C ...
,'' ''Chemie Ingenieur Technik'' and ''Chemie in unserer Zeit
''Angewandte Chemie'' (, meaning "Applied Chemistry") is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by Wiley-VCH on behalf of the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker). Publishing formats include feature-length ...
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In the 21st century, the society has become a member of ChemPubSoc Europe, which is an organization of 16 European chemical societies. This European consortium was established in the late 1990s as many chemical journals owned by national chemical societies were amalgamated.[ChemPubSoc Europe]
mission
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Prizes and awards
The society acknowledges individual achievement with prizes and awards, including medals originally conferred by the predecessor organizations DChG and VDCh:
* Hofmann Medal
Hoffman is a surname of German and Jewish origin. The original meaning in medieval times was "steward", i.e. one who manages the property of another. In English and other European languages, including Yiddish and Dutch, the name can also be spell ...
(''Hofmann Denkmünze''), first awarded to Henri Moissan
Ferdinand Frédéric Henri Moissan (28 September 1852 – 20 February 1907) was a French chemist and pharmacist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds. Moissan was one of the original mem ...
, 1903[Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)]
GDCh-Preise
* Liebig Medal
The Liebig Medal (German: ''Liebig-Denkmünze'') was established by the (''Verein Deutscher Chemiker'') in 1903 to celebrate the centenary of Justus von Liebig. Since 1946 it has been awarded by the Society of German Chemists (''Gesellschaft Deut ...
(''Liebig Denkmünze''), first awarded to Adolf von Baeyer
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (; 31 October 1835 – 20 August 1917) was a German chemist who synthesised indigo and developed a nomenclature for cyclic compounds (that was subsequently extended and adopted as part of the IUPAC org ...
, 1903Paul Walden
Paul Walden ( lv, Pauls Valdens; russian: Павел Иванович Вальден; german: Paul von Walden; 26 July 1863 – 22 January 1957) was a Russian, Latvian and German chemist known for his work in stereochemistry and history of che ...
and Maximilian Pflücke, 1954
See also
* List of chemistry societies
The following is a list of chemistry societies:
A
* Alpha Chi Sigma (ΑΧΣ)
* American Association for Clinical Chemistry
* American Chemical Society
* American Crystallographic Association
* American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
* ...
* Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society (professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemistry, chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the Ro ...
, 1841Société Chimique de France
Lactalis is a French multinational dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in Laval, Mayenne, France. The company's former name was Besnier SA.
Lactalis is the largest dairy products group in the world, and is the se ...
, 1857American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 155,000 members at all d ...
, 1876Chemical Society of Japan
The (CSJ) is a learned society and professional association founded in 1878 in order to advance research in chemistry. The mission of the CSJ is to promote chemistry for science and industry in collaboration with other domestic and global societ ...
, 1878
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External links
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Organizations established in 1867
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Scientific organizations established in 1949
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