Heinz Hunsdiecker
Born(1904-01-22)22 January 1904
Cologne Germany
Died22 October 1981(1981-10-22) (aged 77)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
Known forHunsdiecker reaction
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorRobert Wintgen

Heinz Hunsdiecker (22 January 1904 – 22 November 1981) was a German chemist who together with his wife Cläre Hunsdiecker (1903–1995) improved a reaction of Alexander Borodin now known as the Hunsdiecker reaction.[1][2] They received both US[3] and German patents[4] for the work.

References

  1. ^ Heinz Hunsdiecker; Claire Hunsdiecker (1942). "Über den Abbau der Salze aliphatischer Säuren durch Brom". Chemische Berichte. 75 (3): 291–297. doi:10.1002/cber.19420750309.
  2. ^ Jacques Jean (1999). "A propos de la réaction de Borodine-Hunsdiecker". Comptes Rendus. 2 (3): 181–183. doi:10.1016/S1387-1609(99)80062-0.
  3. ^ United States patented 2,176,181, Heinz Hunsdiecker; Cläre Hunsdiecker & Egon Vogt, "METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC CHLORINE AND BROMINE DERIVATIVES", published October 17, 1939 
  4. ^ German patented DE722464C, Cläre Hunsdiecker; Egon Vogt & Heinz Hunsdiecker, "Process for the preparation of aliphatic saturated chlorine- or bromine-substituted monocarboxylic acid esters", published 1935-04-09 



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