It is interesting, by the way, that this compound, which was very important in confirming my theory, had first been prepared by Dr. Jørgensen
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| Werner's ideas laid the foundation for modern inorganic chemistry. He has been called the inorganic Kekulé. He received the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1913 and died in 1919. | Although his theory was not a good model for inorganic compounds. Jørgensen's experimental observations were not invalidated. He died in 1914. Werner and Jørgensen never met. |
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