Isolation of pure hydrazine
Aislamiento de la hidrazina pura
- Date
- 1875 (nombrada) / 1895 (aislada pura) · confidence high
- Place
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Credited to
- Lobry de Bruyn (first pure isolation); Theodor Curtius earlier obtained its sulfate and Emil Fischer coined the name in 1875
- Field
- Matter & energy
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What was discovered
After Curtius's failed attempts to purify it, the Dutch chemist Lobry de Bruyn achieved the first isolation of pure anhydrous hydrazine in 1895, a highly reactive, energetic nitrogen compound.
The Wikidata candidate's attribution to Emil Fischer corresponds only to the coining of the name (1875); the pure isolation is due to Lobry de Bruyn (1895).
What it led to
- Use as rocket fuel and emergency thruster propellant
- Synthesis of pharmaceutical and agricultural compounds