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Rudolf Leuckart (chemist)

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Nationality
  
German

Known for
  
Leuckart reaction

Name
  
Rudolf Leuckart


Born
  
June 23, 1854 Giesen, Germany (
1854-06-23
)

Died
  
July 24, 1889(1889-07-24) (aged 35) Leipzig, Germany

Institutions
  
University of Gottingen

Alma mater
  
University of Heidelberg, University of Leipzig

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

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.

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