Alfred E. Treibs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German organic chemist
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Place of Birth: Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
About Alfred E. Treibs
- Alfred E.
- Treibs (1899–1983) was a German organic chemist who is credited with founding the area of organic geochemistry.
- He received his PhD under Hans Fischer at the Technical University of Munich.
- Fischer had received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for elucidating the structures of porphyrins.
- In the 1930s Treibs discovered metalloporphyrins in petroleum.
- These porphyrins resemble chlorophylls.
- This discovery helped confirm the biological origin of petroleum, which was previously controversial.
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