Theodor Curtius

Geheimrat Julius Wilhelm Theodor Curtius (27 May 1857 8 February 1928) was professor of Chemistry at Heidelberg University and elsewhere. He published the Curtius rearrangement in 1890/1894 and also discovered diazoacetic acid, hydrazine and hydrazoic acid.In 1882 he carried out the first ever peptide synthesis, creating the N-protected dipeptide, benzoylglycylglycine

Theodor Curtius
Theodor Curtius, approx. 1880
Born
Julius Wilhelm Theodor Curtius

(1857-05-27)27 May 1857
Died8 February 1928(1928-02-08) (aged 70)
Heidelberg, Weimar Republic
Known forCurtius rearrangement
Büchner–Curtius–Schlotterbeck reaction
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Heidelberg
Doctoral advisorHermann Kolbe
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