Willem Alberda van Ekenstein
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Willem Alberda van Ekenstein (March 28, 1858 – May 5, 1937) was a Dutch chemist and discovered the Lobry-de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation
together with Adriaan Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn
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Ekenstein studied chemistry from 1876 til 1879 at the Delft University of Technology
later he worked at the University of Amsterdam, University of Groningen
, Dutch National Sugar Laboratory in Amsterdam
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Lobry-de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation
In carbohydrate chemistry, the Lobry–de Bruyn–van Ekenstein transformation also known as the Lobry–de Bruyn–van-Alberda–van-Ekenstein transformation is the base or acid catalyzed transformation of an aldose into the ketose isomer or vice versa, with a tautomeric enediol as reaction intermediate....
together with Adriaan Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn
Cornelis Adriaan Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn
Cornelis Adriaan Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn was a chemist from the Netherlands.-Biography:De Bruyn was born on in Leeuwarden, where his father, Nicholaas Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn, was a physician in practice. The boy was in due time sent to the high school of the town , and...
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Ekenstein studied chemistry from 1876 til 1879 at the Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology , also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands...
later he worked at the University of Amsterdam, University of Groningen
University of Groningen
The University of Groningen , located in the city of Groningen, was founded in 1614. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands as well as one of its largest. Since its inception more than 100,000 students have graduated...
, Dutch National Sugar Laboratory in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
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