Richard Wolffenstein
Chemist, Academic
1864 – 1926
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Who was Richard Wolffenstein?
Richard Wolffenstein was a German chemist.
He discovered acetone peroxide in 1895 by reacting acetone with hydrogen peroxide.
The Wolffenstein-Böters reaction, which he discovered in 1913, was an alternative production method for explosives.
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