Rolf Huisgen

Rolf Huisgen (German: ['huːzgɛn]; 13 June 1920 – 26 March 2020) was a German chemist. His importance in synthetic organic chemistry extends to the enormous influence he had in post-war chemistry departments in Germany and Austria, due to a large number of his habilitants becoming professors. His major achievement was the development of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction, also called the Huisgen cycloaddition.

Rolf Huisgen
Rolf Huisgen in 2004
Born13 June 1920
Died26 March 2020(2020-03-26) (aged 99)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Alma materUniversity of Munich
Known for1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction
Awards1960 Centenary Prize
1961 Liebig Medal
1979 Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics
Scientific career
FieldsChemist
InstitutionsUniversity of Munich
Doctoral advisorHeinrich Otto Wieland
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