Leopold Horner
{{Short description|German chemist (1911–2005)}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name = Leopold Horner
|image = Leopold_Horner,_deutscher_Chemiker,_1983.jpg
|image_size =
|caption = Leopold Horner
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|8|24|df=y}}
|birth_place = Kehl, German Empire
|residence =
|nationality = German
|death_date = {{death date and age|2005|10|5|1911|8|24|df=y}}
|field =
|work_institution = University of Munich,
University of Mainz
|alma_mater = University of Munich
|doctoral_advisor = Heinrich Wieland
|doctoral_students =
|known_for = Asymmetric hydrogenation
{{no wrap|Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction}}
|prizes = Liebig Medal {{small|(1973)}}
Cothenius Medal {{small|(2001)}}
|religion =
|footnotes =
}}
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 the University of Heidelberg and later with Heinrich Wieland at the University of Munich. 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.
References
- {{cite web
| url = http://www.chem-bio.uni-karlsruhe.de/Fakultaet/Horner.pdf
| title = Nachruf: Leopold Horner (1911-2005) Ehrendoktor der Universität Karlsruhe (TH) im Alter von 94 Jahren verstorben
| author = Joachim Podlech
| publisher = University of Karlsruhe
| language = de
| access-date = 2008-03-06
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070610053902/http://www.chem-bio.uni-karlsruhe.de/Fakultaet/Horner.pdf
| archive-date = 2007-06-10
| url-status = dead
}}
- {{cite journal
| title = Leopold Horner (1911–2005): Nestor der präparativen organischen Chemie
| author = H. Kunz
| journal = Angewandte Chemie
| volume = 117
| issue = 47| pages = 7838–7839
| year = 2005
| url =
| doi =10.1002/ange.200503637 | bibcode = 2005AngCh.117.7838K
}}
- {{in lang|de}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060626091018/http://www.gdch.de/oearbeit/redehopfdozpdf.pdf Ansprachen auf der Chemiedozententagung 2005 in München]
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Category:Heidelberg University alumni
Category:Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni
Category:Academic staff of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Category:20th-century German chemists
Category:Recipients of the Cothenius Medal
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