Karl Wilhelm Rosenmund

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Karl Wilhelm Rosenmund
Born	(1884-12-15)15 December 1884 Berlin, Germany
Died	8 February 1965(1965-02-08) (aged 80) Kiel, Germany
Alma mater	University of Berlin
Doctoral advisor	Otto Paul Hermann Diels
Known for	Rosenmund reduction

Karl Wilhelm Rosenmund (15 December 1884 - 8 February 1965) was a German chemist. He was born in Berlin and died in Kiel.

Rosenmund studied chemistry and received his Ph.D. 1906 from University of Berlin for his work with Otto Paul Hermann Diels. He discovered the Rosenmund reduction, which is the reduction of acyl chlorides to aldehydes over palladium-on-carbon catalyst. The Rosenmund-von Braun reaction, the conversion of an aryl bromide to an arylnitrile is also named after him.

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Name	Rosenmund, Karl Wilhelm
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Short description	German chemist
Date of birth	15 December 1884
Place of birth	Berlin, Germany
Date of death	8 February 1965
Place of death	Kiel, Germany

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