“Once a molecule is asymmetric, its extension proceeds also in an asymmetrical sense. This concept completely eliminates the difference between natural and artificial synthesis. The advance of science has removed the last chemical hiding place for the once so highly esteemed vis vitalis.””
Quotes by Emil Fischer
“First I would like to wash Bunsen, and then I would like to kiss him because he is such a charming man.(Remark by the wife of Emil Fischer, upon meeting Bunsen for the first time, perhaps noticing a lasting chemical odour from his work.)””
Emil FischerEmil Fischer was a prominent German chemist whose groundbreaking work laid the foundation for modern organic chemistry. He is best known for his discovery of the Fischer esterification process, which ...