Heinz Hunsdiecker Explained

Heinz Hunsdiecker
Birth Date:22 January 1904
Birth Place:Cologne Germany
Nationality:German
Doctoral Advisor:Robert Wintgen

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] They received both US[3] and German patents[4] for the work.

Notes and References

  1. Über den Abbau der Salze aliphatischer Säuren durch Brom . Heinz Hunsdiecker . Claire Hunsdiecker. Chemische Berichte . 75. 291–297 . 1942 . 10.1002/cber.19420750309 . 3.
  2. A propos de la réaction de Borodine-Hunsdiecker . Jacques Jean . . 2. 181–183 . 1999 . 10.1016/S1387-1609(99)80062-0 . 3.
  3. United States. 2,176,181. METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC CHLORINE AND BROMINE DERIVATIVES. patented. October 17, 1939. Heinz Hunsdiecker. Cläre Hunsdiecker. Egon Vogt.
  4. German. DE722464C. Process for the preparation of aliphatic saturated chlorine- or bromine-substituted monocarboxylic acid esters. patented. 1935-04-09. Cläre Hunsdiecker. Egon Vogt. Heinz Hunsdiecker.