1757 ⟶ Cadet de Gassicourt Creates Cacodyl Oxide

Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, while investigating arseni...
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1757
1928
1952

⚗️ Cadet de Gassicourt Creates Cacodyl Oxide

Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, while investigating arsenic compounds, creates Cadet's fuming liquid, later discovered to be cacodyl oxide, considered to be the first synthetic organometallic compound.⟶
Cadet de Gassicourt Creates Cacodyl Oxide (1757)
ChemistryOrganic ChemistryOrganometallic ChemistryCadet's Fuming LiquidLouis Claude Cadet de GassicourtSynthetic Chemistry18th Century
FranceFrance

⚛️ Diels-Alder Reaction: Cycloaddition for Ring Molecule Formation

Otto Diels and Kurt Alder discovered the Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction for forming ring molecules.⟶
Diels-Alder Reaction: Cycloaddition for Ring Molecule Formation (1928)
ChemistryOrganic ChemistryChemical ReactionCycloadditionDiels-Alder ReactionSynthetic ChemistryMolecular Structure20th Century
GermanyGermany

⚛️ Discovery of Ferrocene Structure

Robert Burns Woodward, Geoffrey Wilkinson, and Ernst Otto Fischer discover the structure of ferrocene, one of the founding discoveries of the field of organometallic chemistry.⟶
Discovery of Ferrocene Structure (1952)
ChemistryOrganic ChemistryOrganometallic ChemistryFerroceneRobert Burns WoodwardGeoffrey WilkinsonErnst Otto FischerChemical Structure
United KingdomUnited KingdomGermanyGermany