Eduard Hepp
Eduard Hepp (born June 11, 1851 in Strasbourg ; † June 18, 1917 ) was a German chemist .
The son of a pharmacist studied chemistry at the universities in Heidelberg and Strasbourg from 1871 , he received his doctorate from Baeyer in 1874 , which he then followed to the LMU Munich . After that, Hepp worked successively at the following companies:
- Badische_Anilin-_und_Sodafabrik , Ludwigshafen
- Tar paint factory Oehler , Offenbach
- Chemical factory Kalle , Wiesbaden-Biebrich
- Inking units vorm. Master Lucius & Brüning AG , Frankfurt-Höchst.
Hepp was mainly concerned with dye chemistry and its intermediate products. He developed syntheses for numerous dyes from different substance classes , including anthraquinone dyes , indulins and safranines . He also clarified the constitutional formulas of the dyes and a number of by-products. He also became known for the Fischer-Hepp rearrangement and an acridine synthesis he discovered .
Works
- About some compounds of aldehydes with aromatic hydrocarbons . Heitz, Strasbourg 1875 (inaugural dissertation)
Individual evidence
- ^ Winfried R. Pötsch, Annelore Fischer and Wolfgang Müller with the collaboration of Heinz Cassebaum : Lexicon of important chemists . Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1988, p. 197, ISBN 3-323-00185-0 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hepp, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1917 |