Hugo Erdmann
Hugo Erdmann | |
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Volhard-Erdmann cyclization | |
Scientific career | |
Doctoral advisor | Jacob Volhard |
Hugo Wilhelm Traugott Erdmann (8 May 1862 – 25 June 1910) was the German chemist who discovered, together with his doctoral advisor
Volhard-Erdmann cyclization. In 1898 he was the first who coined the term noble gas (the original noun is Edelgas in German).[1]
Erdmann invented the name
Thiozone in 1908, hypothesizing that S3 made up a large proportion of liquid sulfur.[2]
In collaboration with
α-naphthol, an observation that provided evidence in understanding the nature of naphthalene.[3]
Bibliography
Books written by Erdmann:
- Hugo Erdmann (2009-01-31). Introduction to Chemical Preparations. BiblioLife. ISBN 978-0-559-91368-6.
See also
- German inventors and discoverers
References
- "Hugo Erdmann". Archived from the original on 2007-10-17.
- Lockemann, Georg (1959), "Hugo Erdmann", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 4, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 572–572