Ludwig Wolff
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Ludwig Wolff | |
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Born | Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhine Province, Prussia |
27 September 1857
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Jena Germany |
Nationality | German |
Institutions | University of Jena |
Alma mater | University of Strasbourg |
Doctoral advisor | Rudolph Fittig |
Known for | Wolff-Kishner reduction, Wolff rearrangement |
Ludwig Wolff (27 September 1857 – 24 February 1919) was a German chemist.
He studied chemistry at the University of Strasbourg, where he received his Ph.D. from Rudolph Fittig in 1882. He became Professor at the University of Jena in 1891 and held this position till his death in 1919. In 1912 he published a new reaction now known as the Wolff-Kishner reduction.
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