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Rudolf Leuckart (chemist)

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Rudolf Leuckart
Born(1854-06-23)23 June 1854
Died24 July 1889(1889-07-24) (aged 35)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Heidelberg,
University of Leipzig
Known forLeuckart reaction
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Göttingen

Carl Louis Rudolf Alexander Leuckart (23 June 1854 – 24 July 1889) was a German chemist who discovered the Leuckart reaction and Leuckart thiophenol reaction.[1]

He was the son of Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (1822–1898) a renowned German zoologist. He received his PhD at the University of Leipzig in 1879 and his habilitation at University of Göttingen in 1883, where he also became professor.

References

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  1. ^ Stuttgart-Georg Thieme Verlag (2012). "an article dedicated to Rudolf Leuckart for his thiol studies". Synlett. 23 (13): 1893–1896. doi:10.1055/s-0032-1316557.