About John Ulric Nef (chemist)
John Ulric Nef was a Swiss-born American chemist and the discoverer of the Nef reaction and Nef synthesis. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. Phenylsodium Biographical Note from the University of Chicago Picture of Nef at MSU John Ulric Nef (chemist)—Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. His son John Ulric Nef (1899–1988) became a professor of economic history and published several books. John Ulric Nef (née Johann Ulrich Nef; June 14, 1862 – August 13, 1915) was a Swiss-born American chemist and the discoverer of the Nef reaction and Nef synthesis.
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