Leopold Horner
- October 5, 2005
- 94 years
About Leopold Horner
Leopold Horner, 94, German chemist.
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|Leopold Horner (24 August 1911 – 5 October 2005) was a German chemist who published a modified Wittig reaction using phosphonate-stabilized carbanions now called the Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction (HWE reaction) or Horner-Wittig reaction.
Life
Horner started studying chemistry at Heidelberg University and later with Heinrich Wieland at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. After he received his Ph.D. and his habilitation he worked at the Polymer Research Institute in Frankfurt. In 1953, he became professor at the University of Mainz.
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