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Amé Pictet
Amé Pictet (1857–1937) was a Swiss organic chemist at the University of Geneva who synthesized the alkaloids nicotine, laudanosine, and papaverine, and discovered the Pictet–Spengler reaction.
Clemens Schöpf
Clemens Schöpf (Clemens Josef Schöpf, 1899–1970) was a German organic chemist, professor at TH Darmstadt from 1929, whose Robinson–Schöpf reaction synthesizes tropinone and related alkaloids under physiological conditions.
Ernst Späth
Ernst Späth (1886–1946) was an Austrian chemist at the University of Vienna, regarded as a founder of alkaloid chemistry, who first synthesized mescaline (1919) and nicotine (1928).
Gustaf Komppa
Gustaf Komppa (1867–1949) was a Finnish chemist known for the total synthesis of camphoric acid, announced in 1903, and of camphor, published in 1908, and for the first industrial commercialization of such a synthesis.
Paul Rabe
Paul Rabe (1869–1952) was a German alkaloid chemist and professor in Hamburg, known for the 1918 partial synthesis of quinine from quinotoxine with Karl Kindler.