Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Arthur John Birch, AC (3 August 1915–8 December 1995) was an organic chemist from Australia. Birch developed the Birch reduction of aromatic rings (by treatment with lithium metal and ammonia) which is widely used in synthetic organic chemistry. The Birch Reduction enables the modification of steroids. In 1948 Birch published the first total synthesis of a male sex hormone (19-nortestosterone), as the first member of a new structural series.. }
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- Arthur_Birch_(organic_chemist) comment "Arthur John Birch, AC (3 August 1915–8 December 1995) was an organic chemist from Australia. Birch developed the Birch reduction of aromatic rings (by treatment with lithium metal and ammonia) which is widely used in synthetic organic chemistry. The Birch Reduction enables the modification of steroids. In 1948 Birch published the first total synthesis of a male sex hormone (19-nortestosterone), as the first member of a new structural series.".