Amé Pictet

Amé Pictet

Amé Pictet
Born July 12, 1857
Geneva, Switzerland
Died March 11, 1937 (aged 86)
Geneva, Switzerland
Residence Switzerland
Nationality Swiss
Alma mater University of Bonn
Doctoral advisor August Kekulé
Known for Pictet-Spengler reaction

Amé Pictet (July 12, 1857 – March 11, 1937) was a Swiss chemist. He discovered the Pictet-Spengler reaction.

Pictet was born in Geneva, studied with August Kekulé at the University of Bonn where he received his Ph.D in 1879. From 1894 til 1932 he was professor at the University of Geneva. Pictet died in Geneva in 1937.

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