Eugen Baumann

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Eugen Baumann
University of Berlin
University of Freiburg
Doctoral advisorHermann von Fehling,
Felix Hoppe-Seyler

Eugen Baumann (12 December 1846 – 3 November 1896) was a German

Schotten-Baumann reaction
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Life

Baumann was born in Cannstatt, which is now part of Stuttgart. After he attended a gymnasium in Stuttgart, he was educated in the pharmacy of his father. During his time in Stuttgart, he attended the lectures of Hermann von Fehling at the University of Stuttgart.

To broaden his education, he went to

Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond offered him a position as the Head of the Chemistry Department of the Institute of Physiology in Berlin. In 1882, Baumann became professor of medicine at that institute, and subsequently obtained professor position at the University of Freiburg
.

In 1895, he took over the management of Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift für Physiologische Chemie with Albrecht Kossel.

From 1883 till his death, Baumann was married to Theresa Kopp, the daughter of chemist Hermann Kopp, and they had five children. He died at the age of 49 due to a heart problem.[1]

Work

The organosulfur compounds of urine were his starting point into the

thyroxine was the active ingredient in the thyroid gland.[1]

Schotten-Baumann reaction

An example of a Schotten-Baumann reaction. Benzylamine reacts with acetyl chloride under Schotten-Baumann conditions to form N-benzyl acetamide.
Main article:
Schotten-Baumann reaction

During his work at the physiological institute, Baumann, together with

Schotten-Baumann reaction.[3]

See also

References

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    doi:10.1002/cber.189703003150
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  2. ISBN 3-323-00185-0
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  3. ISBN 0-486-64235-6
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