Research Interests
Dr. Hugh Anderson

Primary Appointment: Chemistry, Faculty of Science (STJ)

Keywords: History of chemistry; Chemical technology

Current Research

• Histories of natural products and their chemistry, including curare, colchicine, quinine, ipecac, dyestuffs, etc.

Recent Research

• Synthesis of 3-and 2, 3- disubstituted pyrroles
• Commercial preparation of cod liver oil in Newfoundland
• Pyrrole: from Dippel's oil to DuPont
• Ernest LeSueur: pioneer Canadian chemical engineer
• The discovery of furfural
• Shawinigan chemicals: a history of acetylene chemistry in Canada
• TNT production during WWI
• Toluene production at Sydney, N.S. in 1915