If you would like to contribute, please donate online using credit card or bank transfer or mail your taxdeductible contribution to. The german chemical society of berlin held its inaugural meeting 125 years ago, on november 11, 1867. The main purpose of the society was to unite pure and applied chemistry and foster cooperation be. Augustwilhelm vonhofmannstiftung gesellschaft deutscher. Hoffmann rearrangement dima berbasov may, 1, 2009 msu. Following his graduation in a107 rearrangement to electrondeficient nitrogen. Hofmann discovered the eponymous hofmann rearrangement, which converts an amide to an amine, and the hofmann elimination, which creates a tertiary amine and an alkene from a quaternary ammonium compound. Apart from this, you can follow a reference book to understand the detailed mechanism of this reaction. Sklici wikimedijina zbirka ponuja vec predstavnostnega gradiva o temi. Small hardbound menu for a dinner held at the hotel brunswick on october 16, 1883 honoring professor a. In 1845 he was a privat docent at the university of bonn. That same year he became the first director of the royal college of chemistry in london, which was.
Pdf one hundred and twentyfive years ago, on november 11th, 1867, the german chemical society of berlin held its inaugural meeting. Oxidative rearrangement of amides with lead tetraacetate. August wilhelm hofmannreigning chemistinchief pdf volume 31 number 10 october pages international edition in english august wilhelm hofmannreigning chemistinchief by christoph. His lifelong study of organic nitrogen compounds began with his ph. He tutored frederick abel in liebigs laboratory at giessenin his first research, was on coaltar and the organic bases in naphtha, as a result he established the nature of aniline. A case for august wilhelm hofmann as the originator of the field of. Information from its description page there is shown below.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Pdf august wilhelm hofmann reigning chemistinchief. His research on aniline helped lay the basis of the anilinedye industry, and his research on coal tar laid the groundwork for his student charles mansfields practical methods for extracting benzene and toluene and converting them into nitro compounds and amines. Mathematics genealogy project department of mathematics north dakota state university p. Sodium hypochlorite4 lead tetraacetate5 n bromosuccinimidebis trifluoroacetoxy iodo benzene6 and 1,8diazabicyclo5. A graduate of the university of giessen, hofmann was a student of j.
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