Conrad Weygand (8 November 1890 – 18 April 1945) was Professor of Chemistry at the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by Frederick I, Electo ...

. In 1938 he put forward a method for the classification of

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based on bond breakage and formation during the reaction. The preparative part of his book, ''Organisch-Chemische Experimentierkunst'', was translated into English and published as ''Organic Preparations'' by Interscience Publishers, Inc. in 1946. His book about German chemistry introduces similar thoughts like there were presented by

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in his

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movement. Enlisting as a commander of a

Volkssturm The (, ) was a ''levée en masse'' national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II. It was set up by the Nazi Party on the orders of Adolf Hitler and established on 25 September 1944. It was staffed by conscri ...

unit, Conrad Weygand was

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on 18 April 1945 in Leipzig against US ground forces during the final battle for the city.

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