Alexander William Williamson

Jaime Wisniak

doi:10.1016/S0187-893X(18)30037-5

Alexander William Williamson

Jaime Wisniak

Department of Chemical Engineering

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Alexander William Williamson (1824-1904) discovered accidentally the synthesis of ethers by reacting an alcohol with alkyl iodide in the presence of sulfuric acid (Williamson's synthesis), a decisive fact in overthrowing Berzelius' dual theory. He promoted the use of water type as the single type for deducing the constitution of inorganic compounds and most of the organic ones. In spite of serious physical disabilities, he became one of the few students who were awarded a doctoral degree by Liebig.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	360-368
Number of pages	9
Journal	Educacion Quimica
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0187-893X(18)30037-5
State	Published - Jul 2009

Keywords

Bleaching salts
etherification theory
galvanism
Prussian blue
ozone
water type

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