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Liebig, Justus
(Jus¦tus Lie¦big)
Pronunciation:
/ˈliːbɪx, ˈliːbɪç/
Baron von
(
1803–73
)
, German chemist and teacher. With Friedrich Wöhler he discovered the benzoyl radical, and demonstrated that such radicals were groups of atoms that remained unchanged in many chemical reactions.
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