Rolf Huisgen

Rolf Huisgen (13 June 1920 – 26 March 2020) was a German chemist.

Rolf Huisgen
Rolf Huisgen and Franz Marc's Mandrill.JPG
Rolf Huisgen (2004) in front of the painting "Mandrill" by Franz Marc
Born(1920-06-13)13 June 1920
Died26 March 2020(2020-03-26) (aged 99)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Munich
Known for1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition
Awards1961 Liebig Medal
1979 Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics
Scientific career
FieldsChemist
InstitutionsUniversity of Munich

In 1947, he was named professor at the University of Tübingen in 1949. He returned to the University of Munich in 1952 where he remained dedicated to research long after attaining emeritus status in 1988.[1]

His best known work was related to the 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition reaction, also known as the Huisgen cycloaddition or Huisgen reaction.[2] He is an important person in post-war chemistry departments in Germany and Austria, due to the large number of his "habilitants" becoming professors.

His daughter, mathematician Birge Huisgen-Zimmermann was born in 1946.

Huisgen died on 26 March 2020 at the age of 99.[3]

References

  1. Jeffrey I. Seeman (2005). "Rolf Huisgen: A Gentleman Scholar with Energy and Passion". Helvetica Chimica Acta. 88 (6): 1145–1153. doi:10.1002/hlca.200590097.
  2. Huisgen, Rolf (November 1963). "Kinetics and Mechanism of 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2 (11): 633–645. doi:10.1002/anie.196306331. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11.
  3. Rolf Huisgen (1920 – 2020)