Christoph Rüchardt
Christoph Johannes Rüchardt (born August 10, 1929 in Munich ; † February 22, 2018 ) was a German chemist and university professor .
Live and act
After graduating from high school in Munich, Rüchardt studied chemistry at the University of Munich and at the University of Georgia in Athens . Then he was back in Munich, where he graduated in 1955. In 1956 he did his doctorate with Rolf Huisgen and then spent a year as a postdoc at Harvard University in Cambridge with Paul D. Bartlett and then for nine months at the California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, with John D. Roberts .
In 1963 he completed his habilitation in Munich. In 1968 he was offered a professorship at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster and in 1972 as the successor to Arthur Lüttringhaus at the University of Freiburg , where he held a chair in organic chemistry until his retirement in 1996.
From 1987 to 1991 Rüchardt was Rector of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . He has been a full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences since 1982, a member of the Leopoldina since 1991 and a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences since 1999 .
Rüchardt's main areas of research were organic chemistry, reaction mechanisms, free radical chemistry, reactive intermediates, and stereochemistry.
Honors
- 1983: Adolf von Baeyer commemorative coin from the Society of German Chemists
- 1996: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Herbert Mayr : Christoph Rüchardt (August 10, 1929– February 22, 2018). In: Yearbook of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences for 2018. Heidelberg 2019, pp. 175–176 ( online ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Christoph Rüchardt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Christoph Rüchardt in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Search for "Christoph Rüchardt" in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice Christoph Rüchardt , FAZ from March 2, 2018
- ^ Members of the HAdW since it was founded in 1909. Christoph Rüchardt. Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, accessed on June 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Member entry of Christoph Rüchardt at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 16, 2016.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Volker Schupp |
Rector of the University of Freiburg 1987 - 1991 |
Manfred Löwisch |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rüchardt, Christoph |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rüchardt, Christoph Johannes |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 2018 |