Article ID: CBB005808365

A Different Kind of Nierenstein Reaction: The Chemical Society’s Mistreatment of Maximilian Nierenstein (2021)

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Between 1920 and 1922, the University of Bristol biochemist, Maximilian Nierenstein, published four papers in a series exploring the structure of catechin in the Journal of the Chemical Society. The Society then abruptly refused to accept any more of his papers on catechin, or any other subject. It provided him with no reasons for the embargo until 1925. It then transpired that Nierenstein was boycotted because it was deemed that he had not responded adequately to criticisms of his work made by his rival in catechin research, the German natural products chemist, Karl Freudenberg. It was not until 1929 that, as a result of a petition by a group of his former Bristol pupils and friends, that Nierenstein was again permitted to publish in the Society’s journal. The paper explores the Chemical Society’s treatment of Nierenstein in detail, sheds new light on his career and his reaction to the Society’s unprecedented boycott, examines some of the structural chemistry involved in the disputes, and discusses whether Nierenstein’s research deserves the label of ‘bad science’.

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Authors & Contributors
Brock, William H.
Deichmann, Ute
Tesnière, Valérie
Baldwin, Melinda Clare
Bertrand, Emanuel
Bray, Dennis
Journals
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Acta Baltica historiae et philosophiae scientiarum
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Biology and Philosophy
Publishers
Boydell & Brewer
Editions EHESS
ENSSIB
Tinta da China
Concepts
Controversies and disputes
Publishers and publishing
Biochemistry
Scholarly journals
Experiments and experimentation
Chemistry
People
Chambers, Robert
Darwin, Charles Robert
Feyerabend, Paul K.
Forbes, James David
Freudenberg, Karl Johann
Kuhn, Thomas S.
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
17th century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
China
Norway
Poland
Institutions
Chemical Society, London
Biochemical Society, London
Cambridge University
Geological Society of London
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Rockefeller Foundation
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