Walter Dieckmann (8 October 1869 – 12 January 1925) was a German chemist. He is the namesake of the
Dieckmann condensation, the
intramolecular reaction
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of
diesters with
base to give β-keto esters.
Dieckmann studied at the
University of Munich
The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...
and became assistant of
Adolf von Baeyer
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (; 31 October 1835 – 20 August 1917) was a German chemist who synthesised indigo dye, indigo and developed a Von Baeyer nomenclature, nomenclature for cyclic compounds (that was subsequently extended a ...
.
1869 births
1925 deaths
20th-century German chemists
Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
BASF people
19th-century German chemists
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