Stanisław Kostanecki (born 16 April 1860 in
Myszaków
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, now in
Poland
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then
Kingdom of Prussia
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– 15 November 1910 in
Würzburg
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Würzbur ...
) was a
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
organic
chemist
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,
professor
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who pioneered in vegetable dye
chemistry e.g.
curcumin
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. Known for
Kostanecki acylation name reactions A name reaction is a chemical reaction named after its discoverers or developers. Among the tens of thousands of organic reactions that are known, hundreds of such reactions are well-known enough to be named after people. Well-known examples include ...
.
In 1896, he developed the theory of dyes and studied the
natural vegetable dyes. Among his many students were famous scientists
Kazimierz Funk and
Wiktor Lampe Wiktor may refer to:
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.
1860 births
1910 deaths
Polish organic chemists
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