Theodor Curtius
Theodor Curtius | |
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| Doctoral advisor | Hermann Kolbe |
Geheimrat Julius Wilhelm Theodor Curtius (27 May 1857 – 8 February 1928) was professor of Chemistry at Heidelberg University and elsewhere. He published the Curtius rearrangement in 1890/1894 and also discovered diazoacetic acid, hydrazine and hydrazoic acid.In 1882 he carried out the first ever peptide synthesis, creating the N-protected dipeptide, benzoylglycylglycine[1]
History
Theodor Curtius was born in Duisburg in the Ruhr area in Germany. He studied chemistry with Robert Bunsen at Heidelberg University and with Hermann Kolbe at Leipzig University. He received his doctorate in 1882 in Leipzig.
After working from 1884 to 1886 for
In his free time, he also composed music, sang in concerts, and was an active mountaineer. In 1894 he founded the Kiel section of the Association of German and Austrian Alpinists, which he personally supported with gifts. In his Munich period, he became a close friend of the alpinist guide Christian Klucker, with whom he made mountaineering hikes for many years thereafter.
Theodor Curtius died in Heidelberg on 8 February 1928.
The Heidelberg University Archives has, in its possession, a photo album from 1907 marking the 25th anniversary of Theodor Curtius receiving his Doctorate. It shows pictures of science scholars, buildings, and labs such as the physio-chemical, pharmaceutical, and organics labs, and much more.
Major publications by Curtius
Curtius wrote over 300 publications. Several had a significant impact on chemical science.
- Diazo- und Azoverbindungen der Fettreihe, Barth, Leipzig (1888)
- Studien mit Hydrazin, Barth, Leipzig, Bd 1,2 (1896), Bd 3,4 (1918)
- Einwirkung von Basen auf Diazoessigester, Berlin (1911)
- Die reduktion der aromatische Aldazine und Ketazine, Barth, Leipzig (1912)
- Hydrazide und Azide der Azidofettsäuren, Berlin (1912)
- Die Einwirkungen von Hydrazin auf Nitroverbindungen, Barth, Leipzig (1913)
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- Curtius, Th. (1890). "Chemische Notizen". .
- Curtius, Th. (1894). "Hydrazide und Azide organischer Säuren I. Abhandlung". .
Curtius family
The Curtius family is historically from Bremen area. Several other members of the family were notable.
See also
References
- S2CID 254087824.
Sources
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External links
- Royal Society of Chemistry, Historical Group, short biography of Curtius
- University of Kiel history of the inorganic department
- Heidelberg University
- German Alpen Association, Kiel section
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