Oscar Hinsberg

Oscar Heinrich Daniel Hinsberg (21 October 1857 – 13 February 1939) was a German chemist.

Hinsberg was born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia. In 1882 he obtained his doctorate in sciences at the University of Tübingen,[1] later serving as a professor at the Universities of Freiburg and Geneva.[2]

He is known for research involving synthesis of oxindole, sulfone and thiophene.[3] In 1890 he introduced the "Hinsberg reaction", a test used for differentiation of primary, secondary and tertiary amines.[4]

Publications
  • Ueber Oxalsäurederivate des Metanitroparatoluidins und des Metaparadiamidotoluols, 1882.[5]
  • Ueber die Wirkung des Acetphenetidins, (with internist Alfred Kast 1856-1903). in Centralblatt für die medicinischen Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1887, 25: 145-148. - introduction of phenacetine.[6]

References
  1. Google Books Documents pour servir à l'histoire de l'Université de Genève, Volumes 3-4
  2. Statement based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
  3. Google Books Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology
  4. "Hinsberg Reaction". Comprehensive Organic Name Reactions and Reagents. Vol. 316. 2010. pp. 1418–1421. doi:10.1002/9780470638859.conrr316. ISBN 9780470638859.
  5. WorldCat Titles Ueber Oxalsäurederivate des Metanitroparatoluidins und des Metaparadiamidotoluols
  6. Bibliography of Alfred Kast @ Who Named It
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