Conrad Willgerodt
Conrad Heinrich Christoph Willgerodt (born November 2, 1841 in Harlingerode , † December 19, 1930 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German chemist.
Willgerodt was an academic student of Adolf Claus . He was born in Freiburg i. B. to Dr. phil. PhD. Since the winter semester 1876/77 he taught as a private lecturer, from the summer semester 1882 to the summer semester 1913 as a regular associate professor at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, chemistry and inorganic technology, from the summer semester 1889 to the summer semester 1896 also for camera students in economics. The Willgerodt-Kindler reaction for converting aliphatic-aromatic ketones into carboxylic acids is named after him .
In 1888 Willgerodt was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
Among other things, he discovered iodosobenzene .
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- Ernst Hermann Riesenfeld : Obituary Conrad Willgerodt. Ber. German Chem. Ges. (1931) No. 2, pp. A5-A6
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| SURNAME | Willgerodt, Conrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Willgerodt, Conrad Heinrich Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harlingerode, today part of Bad Harzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1930 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |