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Roger Adams (January 2, 1889 – July 6, 1971) was an American organic chemist who developed the eponymous Adams' catalyst, and helped determine the composition of natural substances such as complex vegetable oils and plant alkaloids. He isolated and identified CBD in 1940.
Roger Adams (born Jan. 2, 1889, Boston—died July 6, 1971, Champaign, Ill., U.S.) was a chemist and teacher known for determining the chemical constitution of such natural substances as chaulmoogra oil (used in treating leprosy), the toxic cottonseed pigment gossypol, marijuana, and many alkaloids.
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Dec 6, 2021 · Roger Adams was an American organic chemist who isolated CBD and synthesized THC from cannabis in the 1940s. He also developed the Adams scale and catalyst for cannabis research and faced opposition from anti-cannabis figures such as Harry Anslinger.
Roger Adams was a chemist who isolated THC from marijuana and developed Adams' catalyst. He also taught many prominent industrial chemists and received the National Medal of Science in 1964.
Roger Adams (January 2, 1889 – July 6, 1971) was an American organic chemist who developed the eponymous Adams' catalyst, and helped determine the composition of natural substances such as complex vegetable oils and plant alkaloids. He isolated and identified CBD in 1940.
Oct 8, 2020 · Significant contributions to the elucidation of the signature molecular scaffold of cannabinoids were provided by some of the finest organic chemists of their generation, like Roger Adams and the Nobel laureate Alexander Todd, and important studies of preeminent scientists like Robert Sidney Cahn and František Šantavý also deserve mentioning.
Roger Adams (January 2, 1889 – July 6, 1971) was an American organic chemist. He is best-known for the eponymous Adams' catalyst, but also greatly influenced graduate education in America, taught over 250 Ph.D. students and postgraduate students, and served the U.S. as a scientist at the highest levels during World War I and World War II.
