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Kurt Alder

Explore the timeline of Kurt Alder, a prominent chemist known for the Diels-Alder reaction. Learn about his birth in 1902, his groundbreaking contributions to organic chemistry, his Nobel Prize award in 1950, and his enduring impact on the scientific community until his death in 1958.

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1902 — 1958On the record
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Born July 10, 1902
Died June 20, 1958
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Königshütte, German Empire (now Chorzów, Poland)

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