Adolf Pinner

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Adolf Pinner
Born	August 31, 1842 Wronke/Wronki, Provinz Posen
Died	May 21, 1909 (aged 66) Berlin, Germany
Residence	Germany
Nationality	German
Fields	Organic chemistry
Doctoral advisor	August Wilhelm von Hofmann
Known for	Pinner reaction

Adolf Pinner (August 31, 1842, Wronki, Provinz Posen - May 21, 1909, Berlin) was a German chemist.

He educated at the Jewish Theological Seminary at Breslau and at the University of Berlin (Phd in Chemistry (Doctor der Chemie), 1867). In 1871 he became privat-docent at the University of Berlin. In 1873 he became assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Berlin, and in 1874 professor of chemistry at the veterinary college of that city. In 1884 he was appointed a member of the German patent office, and in the following year, of the technical division of the Prussian Department of Commerce. He has received the title "Geheimer Regierungsrath".

Contents 1 Literary works 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Literary works

Pinner contributed many essays to the professional journals, among which may be mentioned:

• "Darstellung und Untersuchung des Butylchlorals," in "Annalen der Chemie", clxxix., and in "Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft", 1870-77;
• "Ueber Imidoäther" in "Annalen", ccxcvii. and ccxcviii., also in "Berichte", 1877-97
  (which essays he combined in book form under the title "Ueber Imidoäther und Dessen Derivate");
• "Die Condensation des Acetons," in "Berichte", 1881-83;
• "Ueber Hydantoïe und Urazine," in "Berichte", 1887-89;
• "Ueber Nicotin", in "Berichte", 1891-95, and in "Archiv der Pharmazie", ccxxxi., ccxxxiii.;
• "Ueber Pilocarpin," in "Berichte", 1900-3.

He is also the author of "Gesetze der Naturerscheinungen" and of "Repetitorium der Chemie", in 2 volumes, on organic and inorganic chemistry respectively (11th ed., Berlin, 1902).

The latter work is well known to all German students of chemistry, and it has been translated into English, Russian, and Japanese.

[edit] See also

• Pinner reaction

[edit] References

• G. Kraemer (1909). "Adolf Pinner". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 42 (4): 4989–5000. doi:10.1002/cber.190904204120. 

• This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia article "Adolf Pinner" by Isidore Singer and Frederick T. Haneman, a publication now in the public domain.

[edit] External links

• Adolf Pinner in the German National Library catalogue
• Adolf Pinner (English)

Persondata
NAME	Pinner, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 31, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wronki, Province of Posen
DATE OF DEATH	May 21, 1909
PLACE OF DEATH	Berlin, Germany