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This Classic Article is a reprint of the original work by Otto Heinrich Warburg, The Chemical Constitution of Respiration Ferment. An accompanying biographical sketch of Otto Heinrich Warburg, PhD, MD, is available at DOI 10.1007/s11999-010-1533-z. The Classic Article is from Warburg O. The chemical constitution of respiration ferment. Science. 1928;68:437–443. Reprinted with permission from AAAS.
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The first observation concerning the sensitivity to light of an iron-carbonyl compound was made by L. Mond and C. Langer (Jour. Chem. Soc., 59, 1090, 1891). They found that Fe(CO)5 splits off CO on exposure to light.
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Address before the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellsehaft on February 22, 1928. Published in Die Naturwissenschaften, Vol. 16, p. 345, May 18, 1928. Translated by Dr. W. A. Perlzweig, the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Warburg, O.H. The Classic: The Chemical Constitution of Respiration Ferment. Clin Orthop Relat Res 468, 2833–2839 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-010-1534-y
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