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Albert Ladenburg

Albert Ladenburg

Albert Ladenburg (2 July 1842 – 15 August 1911) was a German chemist. He was the first person to isolate Scopolamine. He worked with August Kekulé on structures of Benzene and incorrectly suggested a prismatic structure, though it was eventually realised in 1973 with the synthesis of Prismane, which is also known as Ladenburg Benzene. He was the father of atomic physicist Rudolf Ladenburg.