Heinz Hunsdiecker

Heinz Hunsdiecker
Born 22 January 1904
Cologne Germany
Died 22 October 1981 (aged 77)
Nationality German
Alma mater University of Göttingen
Doctoral advisor Robert Wintgen
Known for Hunsdiecker reaction

Heinz Hunsdiecker (22 January 1904 – 22 November 1981) was a German chemist who together with his wife Cläre Hunsdiecker (1903–1995) improved a reaction of Alexander Borodin now known as the Hunsdiecker reaction.[1][2]

References

  1. Heinz Hunsdiecker; Claire Hunsdiecker (1942). "Über den Abbau der Salze aliphatischer Säuren durch Brom". Chemische Berichte 75 (3): 291. doi:10.1002/cber.19420750309.
  2. Jacques Jean (1999). "A propos de la réaction de Borodine-Hunsdiecker". Comptes Rendus 2 (3): 181. doi:10.1016/S1387-1609(99)80062-0.