Otto Diels

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Otto Diels
Emil Fischer
Doctoral studentsKurt Alder
Karl Wilhelm Rosenmund

Otto Paul Hermann Diels (German pronunciation:

University of Kiel
when he completed his Nobel Prize-winning work, and remained there until he retired in 1945. Diels was married, with five children. He died in 1954.

Early life

Diels was born on 23 January 1876 in

Emil Fischer, eventually graduating in 1899.[1]

Professional career

Commemorative plaque for Otto Diels in Kiel, Germany

Immediately after graduating from the University of Berlin, he was offered a position with the Institute of Chemistry at the school. He advanced quickly through the ranks at the school, eventually ending up as Department Head in 1913.

University of Kiel, where he remained until his retirement in 1945. It was during his time at Kiel, where he worked with Kurt Alder developing the Diels–Alder reaction, for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1950.[1] His work with Alder developed a synthetic method which allows the synthesis of unsaturated cyclic compounds.[1] This work was important in the production of synthetic rubber and plastic compounds.[2]

The reaction discovered by Diels and Alder in 1928

Personal life

Diels married Paula Geyer in 1909. The couple had five children together, three sons and two daughters. Two of his sons were killed in action during World War II. In his free time, Diels enjoyed reading, music and traveling. He died on 7 March 1954.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Otto Diels on Nobelprize.org Edit this at Wikidata, accessed 29 April 2020
  2. ^ a b "Otto Paul Hermann Diels". Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2013-12-07.

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