Editing IG Farben (section)

===Products===
[[File:IG Farben 1932.jpg|thumb|left|IG Farben facilities in Germany, 1932]]
IG Farben's products included [[dye|synthetic dyes]], [[nitrile rubber]], [[polyurethane]], [[prontosil]], and [[chloroquine]]. The [[nerve agent]] [[Sarin]] was first discovered by IG Farben.{{sfn|Evans|2008|p=669}} The company is perhaps best known for its role in producing the [[poison gas]] [[Zyklon B]]. One product crucial to the operations of the [[Wehrmacht]] was [[synthetic fuel]], made from [[lignite]] using the [[coal liquefaction]] process.

IG Farben scientists made fundamental contributions to all areas of chemistry. [[Otto Bayer]] discovered the polyaddition for the synthesis of [[polyurethane]] in 1937.{{sfn|Nicholson|2006|p=61}} Several IG Farben scientists were awarded a [[Nobel Prize]]. [[Carl Bosch]] and [[Friedrich Bergius]] were awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] in 1931 "in recognition of their contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods".<ref name=BoschBergiusNobel>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1931/index.html|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1931|publisher=Nobel Foundation|access-date=27 October 2008}}; {{cite web |title=Carl Bosch |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1931/bosch/biographical/ |publisher=Nobel Foundation}}{{pb}} {{cite web |title=Carl Bosch (1874–1940) |url=http://www.wollheim-memorial.de/en/carl_bosch_18741940 |publisher=Wollheim Memorial |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009182510/http://www.wollheim-memorial.de/en/carl_bosch_18741940 |archive-date=9 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Gerhard Domagk]] was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1939 "for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of [[prontosil]]".<ref name=DomagkNobel>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1939/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1939|publisher=Nobel Foundation|access-date=27 October 2008}}; {{cite web |title=Gerhard Domagk |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1939/domagk/biographical/ |publisher=Nobel Foundation}}</ref><!--not much involvement with IG Farben:[[Kurt Alder]] was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (with [[Otto Diels]]) in 1950 "for his [their] discovery and development of the diene synthesis".<ref name=AdlerNobel>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1950/index.html|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950|publisher=Nobel Foundation|access-date=27 October 2008}}; {{cite web |title=Kurt Alder |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1950/alder/biographical/ |publisher=Nobel Foundation}}</ref>-->