Aloniax on Nostr: A brief story on the creation of mauve. In 1856, William Henry Perkin was studying at ...
A brief story on the creation of mauve.
In 1856, William Henry Perkin was studying at the Royal College of Chemistry (now Imperial College London). In his attempt to help find a more affordable treatment for malaria, Perkin was synthesising quinine from coal tar. At the time, quinine was valuable because it was the only treatment for malaria, but it was also very expensive. Perkin’s tutor, renowned chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann, was therefore looking to create a synthetic quinine.
In 1856, William Henry Perkin was studying at the Royal College of Chemistry (now Imperial College London). In his attempt to help find a more affordable treatment for malaria, Perkin was synthesising quinine from coal tar. At the time, quinine was valuable because it was the only treatment for malaria, but it was also very expensive. Perkin’s tutor, renowned chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann, was therefore looking to create a synthetic quinine.