Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch (7 March 1857 – 14 March 1935) was a German

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field. Chemists study the composition of ...

Life and work

Hantzsch studied chemistry in

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

and graduated at the

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under

Johannes Wislicenus Johannes Wislicenus (; 24 June 18355 December 1902) was a German chemist, most famous for his work in early stereochemistry. Biography The son of the radical Protestant theologian Gustav Wislicenus, Johannes was born on 24 June 1835 in Kleine ...

. As a professor, he taught at the Universities of

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und

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. The

Hantzsch pyridine synthesis The Hantzsch pyridine synthesis or Hantzsch dihydropyridine synthesis is a multi-component organic reaction between an aldehyde such as formaldehyde Formaldehyde ( , ) (systematic name methanal) is an organic compound with the chemical for ...

, a multi-component

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, is named after him, as is the Hantzsch pyrrole synthesis and the Hantzsch thiazole synthesis. His surname is correctly pronounced /Haːntʃ/ (rhymes with cattle ranch).

References

1857 births 1935 deaths 20th-century German chemists Scientists from Dresden Academic staff of ETH Zurich 19th-century German chemists {{Germany-chemist-stub