Rudolf Leuckart (chemist)

Carl Louis Rudolf Alexander Leuckart (June 23, 1854 – July 24, 1889) was a German chemist who discovered the Leuckart reaction and Leuckart thiophenol reaction.[1]

Rudolf Leuckart
Born(1854-06-23)June 23, 1854
Gießen, Germany
DiedJuly 24, 1889(1889-07-24) (aged 35)
Leipzig, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Heidelberg,
University of Leipzig
Known forLeuckart reaction
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Göttingen

He was the son of Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (1822–1898) a renowned German zoologist. He received his PhD at the University of Leipzig in 1879 and his habilitation at University of Göttingen in 1883, where he also became professor.

References
  1. Stuttgart-Georg Thieme Verlag (2012). "an article dedicated to Rudolf Leuckart for his thiol studies". Synlett. 23 (13): 1893–1896. doi:10.1055/s-0032-1316557.
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