Oscar Hinsberg
{{Short description|German chemist (1857–1939)}}
Oscar Heinrich Daniel Hinsberg (21 October 1857 – 13 February 1939) was a German chemist.
Hinsberg was born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia. In 1882 he obtained his doctorate in sciences at the University of Tübingen,[https://books.google.com/books?id=cWAwAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Hinsberg%2C+Oscar%22+1857&pg=PA122 Google Books] Documents pour servir à l'histoire de l'Université de Genève, Volumes 3-4 later serving as a professor at the Universities of Freiburg and Geneva.Statement based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
He is known for research involving synthesis of oxindole, sulfone and thiophene.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Fl4sdCYrq3cC&dq=%22Oscar+Heinrich+Daniel+Hinsberg%22&pg=PA185 Google Books] Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology In 1890 he introduced the "Hinsberg reaction", a test used for differentiation of primary, secondary and tertiary amines.{{cite book| year= 2010 |chapter= Hinsberg Reaction |title= Comprehensive Organic Name Reactions and Reagents |volume= 316 |pages= 1418–1421 |doi= 10.1002/9780470638859.conrr316 |isbn= 9780470638859 }}
Publications
- Ueber Oxalsäurederivate des Metanitroparatoluidins und des Metaparadiamidotoluols, 1882.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/492 WorldCat Titles] Ueber Oxalsäurederivate des Metanitroparatoluidins und des Metaparadiamidotoluols
- Ueber die Wirkung des Acetphenetidins, (with internist Alfred Kast 1856-1903). in Centralblatt für die medicinischen Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1887, 25: 145-148. - introduction of phenacetine.[http://www.whonamedit.com/person_bibliography/630/ Bibliography of Alfred Kast] @ Who Named It
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