Rudolf Leuckart (chemist)

Carl Louis Rudolf Alexander Leuckart (23 June 1854 – 24 July 1889) was a German chemist who discovered the Leuckart reaction and Leuckart thiophenol reaction.[1]

Rudolf Leuckart
Born(1854-06-23)23 June 1854
Died24 July 1889(1889-07-24) (aged 35)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Heidelberg,
University of Leipzig
Known forLeuckart reaction
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Göttingen

He was the son of Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (1822–1898) a renowned German zoologist. He received his PhD at the University of Leipzig in 1879 and his habilitation at University of Göttingen in 1883, where he also became professor.

References

  1. Stuttgart-Georg Thieme Verlag (2012). "an article dedicated to Rudolf Leuckart for his thiol studies". Synlett. 23 (13): 1893–1896. doi:10.1055/s-0032-1316557.
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