Leopold Rügheimer

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Leopold Rügheimer (May 5, 1850 – May 24, 1917) was a notable German chemist whose name is connected to the Staedel-Rugheimer pyrazine synthesis, a reaction that was discovered by himself and Wilhelm Staedel. Rügheimer was born in Walldorf (near Meiningen) in 1850 as the son of a merchant. He studied at the universities of Leipzig, Würzburg and Tübingen. He died in Kiel in 1917 after a successful academic career.

Career

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Rügheimer's professional career:

1873 Promotion at the University of Tübingen
1875 Assistant at the Chemical Institute of Leiden University
1877 Assistant at the Chemical Institute of the University of Kiel
1889 Position as Professor ordinarius or physical and pharmaceutical chemistry at the university of Kiel

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References

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  • W Pötsch. Lexikon bedeutender Chemiker (VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1988) (ISBN 978-3-323-00185-5)
  • E von Lippmann. Zeittafeln zur Geschichte der organischen Chemie (Julius Springer, 1921)
  • A J Humphrey, D O'Hagan. Tropane alkaloid biosynthesis. A century old problem unresolved. Nat. Prod. Rep. 18 (2001) 494-502 (doi:10.1039/b001713m)