Rolf Huisgen

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Rolf Huisgen
University of Munich
Doctoral advisorHeinrich Otto Wieland

Rolf Huisgen (German:

1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction, also called the Huisgen cycloaddition
.

Life

Huisgen was born in

University of Munich in 1952, succeeding Wieland,[2] and he remained dedicated to research long after attaining emeritus status there in 1988.[1][3]

One of his major achievements was the development of the

heterocyclic compounds, such as vitamins, alkaloids and antibiotics.[1]

Huisgen was a member of the

FU Berlin in 2010.[1]

Sixteen of his students became professors in Germany alone,[1] including Reinhard Brückner [de], Johann Gasteiger,[9] Bernd Giese, Herbert Mayr [de], Johann Mulzer,[10] Hans-Ulrich Reissig, Jürgen Sauer [de] and Ivar Karl Ugi.[11]

Personal life

His daughter, mathematician Birge Huisgen-Zimmermann, was born in 1946. He died in Munich on 26 March 2020, aged 99.[7]

Publications

  • Huisgen, Rolf; Grashey, Rudolf; Sauer, Jürgen (1964). "Cycloaddition reactions of alkenes". The Alkenes: Vol. 1 (1964). Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 739–953. .
  • Huisgen, Rolf (7 July 1963). "1.3-Dipolare Cycloadditionen Rückschau und Ausblick". Angewandte Chemie (in German). 75 (13). Wiley: 604–637. .
  • Huisgen, Rolf (1994). The adventure playground of mechanisms and novel reactions. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society. .

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