Dieter Seebach

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Dieter Seebach
Born 31 October 1937(1937-10-31)
Karlsruhe, Germany
Nationality German
Institutions University of Karlsruhe (TH)
University of Giessen
ETH Zurich
Alma mater University of Karlsruhe (TH)
Harvard University
Doctoral advisor Rudolf Criegee
Doctoral students Dieter Enders, Paul Knochel
Influenced Elias James Corey

Dieter Seebach is a German chemist known for his synthesis of biopolymers and dendrimers, and for his contributions to stereochemistry. He was born on 31 October 1937 in Karlsruhe. He studied chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) under the supervision of Rudolf Criegee and at Harvard University with Elias Corey finishing in 1969. After his habilitation he became professor for organic chemistry at the University of Giessen. After six years he was appointed professor at the ETH Zurich where he worked until he retired in 2003.

[edit] Work

He works on dendrimer chemistry and on the synthesis of beta-peptides.[1][2] The development of the umpolung, a polarity inversion of the carbonyl group, with 1,3-propanedithiol together with Corey had a big influence on organic synthesis.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hook, David F. (2004). "Celebrating Dieter Seebach's Contributions to Science: A Bitter Sweet Occasion?". Chimia 58 (2): 321–-324. doi:10.2533/000942904777677876. 
  2. ^ Dieter Seebach and Jennifer L. Matthews (1997). "β-Peptides: a surprise at every turn". Chem. Commun. (21): 2015–2022. doi:10.1039/a704933a. 
  3. ^ Seebach D., Corey E. J. (1975). "Generation and synthetic applications of 2-lithio-1,3-dithianes". Journal of Organic Chemistry 40 (2): 231–237. doi:10.1021/jo00890a018. 

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