Question: Facts: - residence: germany - known for: schotten-baumann reaction - death date: 9 january 1910 - doctoral advisor: ferdinand tiemann - work institution: patent office 1891 - birth date: 12 july 1853 - name: carl schotten -lrb- karl ludwig johannes -rrb- - nationality: german - birth place: marburg , germany Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of carl schotten .
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carl schotten -lrb- 12 july 1853 -- 9 january 1910 -rrb- was a german chemist who , together with eugen baumann , discovered the schotten-baumann reaction .the schotten-baumann reaction is a method to synthesize amides from amines and acid chlorides .examples of this reaction include the synthesis of n-vanillyl nonanamide , also known as synthetic capsaicin .