linkedin post 2013-12-07 05:59:48

SYNBIO DEBATE is a replay of when synthetic chemists discovered modern dyes. In trying to synthesize quinine from aniline in 1856, William Perkin accidentally discovered Aniline Purple, and started the synthetic dye industry. “These advances led to the explosive growth of the German and Swiss dye industry, while simultaneously dismantling the import of indigo and other natural dyes from distant tropical locales. The shift from tropical artesanal sources to western synthesized dyes was complete.” Economic evolution.”
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