Erich Baer
Erich Eugen Ferdinand Baer (born March 8, 1901 in Berlin , † September 23, 1975 in Toronto ) was a German - Canadian chemist .
Baer was a doctoral student of Hermann Otto Laurenz Fischer , whom he followed to Toronto in 1937. They worked together there until 1948. Together they synthesized glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (also known as Fischer-Baer ester), an important metabolic product. In 1951 he became professor of chemistry at the University of Toronto . In 1969 he retired .
He developed a synthesis route for phospholipids , which started from naturally occurring sugar alcohols , which provided the three-dimensional structure.
In 1964 he received the AOCS Award in Lipid Chemistry from the American Oil Chemists Society.
Web links
- Leon J. Rubin: Erich Baer in: Canadian Encyclopedia
Individual evidence
- ↑ AOCS Award in Lipid Chemistry. In: AOCS Lipid Library. Retrieved July 9, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baer, Erich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baer, Erich Eugen Ferdinand (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Canadian chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd September 1975 |
| Place of death | Toronto |