Jacob Volhard
| Jacob Volhard | |
|---|---|
 Jacob Volhard | |
| Born |
4 June 1834 Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine |
| Died |
14 January 1910 (aged 75) Halle/Saale, German Empire |
| Residence | Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Doctoral advisor |
Justus Liebig, Heinrich Will |
| Doctoral students |
Hugo Erdmann, Johannes Thiele, Rudolf Schenck, Daniel Vorländer, Hermann Staudinger |
| Known for |
Volhard-Erdmann cyclization , Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky halogenation. |
Jacob Volhard (4 June 1834 – 14 January 1910) was the German chemist who discovered, together with his student Hugo Erdmann, the Volhard-Erdmann cyclization reaction. He was also responsible for the improvement of the Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky halogenation.
See also
References
- Daniel Vorländer (1912). "Jacob Volhard". Berichte der Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 46 (2): 1855–1902. doi:10.1002/cber.19120450261.
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