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Leopold Rügheimer

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Name
  
Leopold Rugheimer

Role
  
Chemist

Died
  
May 24, 1917


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

Rügheimer's professional career:

Scientific contributions:

  • Published an article together with Wilhelm Staedel concerning the synthesis of pyrazines by reacting α-haloketones with ammonia. This procedure is now known as the Staedel-Rugheimer pyrazine synthesis.
  • First synthesis of tropic acid in 1880, together with Albert Ladenburg.
  • First synthesis of piperine (1882).

    • References

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