Hans von Pechmann

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Hans Freiherr von Pechmann (born April 1, 1850 in Nuremberg , † April 19, 1902 in Tübingen ) was a German chemist.

Life

Hans von Pechmann (1877)

Pechmann studied chemistry at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and was active in the Corps Isaria in 1869 . As an inactive he moved to the Royal University of Greifswald . With a doctoral thesis with Heinrich Limpricht , he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . In 1888 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Until 1895 he was a professor in Munich. He then worked at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen until 1902 . He maintained a close, friendly and professional relationship with Eduard Buchner . Shortly after his 52nd birthday, Pechmann died as a result of severe nervous disorders through suicide. He was succeeded in 1902 by Wilhelm Wislicenus (1861–1922).

He discovered diazomethane (1894) and polyethylene (1898).

Works

Instructions for quantitative analysis according to Cl. Zimmermann: for use in the chemical laboratory of the State of Munich . - 10th edition - Munich: Chemisches Laboratorium des Staates, 1901. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
Volhard's Guide to Qualitative Chemical Analysis . - Munich: State Chemical Laboratory, 1901. Digitized edition of the University and State Library of Düsseldorf

literature

Adalbert Freiherr von Pechmann: Pechmann, barons of. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 151 ( digitized version ). (Family item)
Ber. German chem. Ges. 27 , pp. 1888 ff (1894)
Ber. German chem. Ges. 28 , pp. 855 ff (1895)

Web links

Commons : Hans von Pechmann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Hans von Pechmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library

Individual evidence

^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 173 , 519
^ Louis Fieser , Mary Fieser: Organische Chemie , Verlag Chemie Weinheim, 2nd edition, 1972, p. 1437, ISBN 3-527-25075-1 .
↑ Dissertation: About the sulfonic acids of paratoluidine .
^ Member entry of Hans von Pechmann at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 17, 2016.
↑ Ernst Trommsdorff: Dr. Otto Röhm - chemist and entrepreneur . Econ, Düsseldorf / Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-430-19130-0 , p. 19 .
↑ Rolf Ukrow in "Nobel Prize Winner Eduard Buchner (1860-1917) A life for the chemistry of fermentations and - almost forgotten - for organic chemistry", dissertation 2004, Berlin, on page 169 (PDF; 8.5 MB).
^ Family chronicle Wislicenus ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
↑ H. v. Pechmann: About diazomethane . In: Reports of the German Chemical Society . 27, No. 2, 1894, pp. 1888-1891. doi : 10.1002 / cber.189402702141 .
↑ H. v. Pechmann: About diazomethane . In: Reports of the German Chemical Society . 28, No. 1, 1895, pp. 855-861. doi : 10.1002 / cber.189502801189 .

personal data
SURNAME	Pechmann, Hans von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pechmann, Hans Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 1, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	April 19, 1902
Place of death	Tübingen

[1] Kösener corps lists 1910, 173 , 519

[Fieser-2] Louis Fieser , Mary Fieser: Organische Chemie , Verlag Chemie Weinheim, 2nd edition, 1972, p. 1437, ISBN 3-527-25075-1 .

[3] Dissertation: About the sulfonic acids of paratoluidine .

[4] Member entry of Hans von Pechmann at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 17, 2016.

[5] Ernst Trommsdorff: Dr. Otto Röhm - chemist and entrepreneur . Econ, Düsseldorf / Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-430-19130-0 , p. 19 .

[6] Rolf Ukrow in "Nobel Prize Winner Eduard Buchner (1860-1917) A life for the chemistry of fermentations and - almost forgotten - for organic chemistry", dissertation 2004, Berlin, on page 169 (PDF; 8.5 MB).

[7] Family chronicle Wislicenus ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).

[8] H. v. Pechmann: About diazomethane . In: Reports of the German Chemical Society . 27, No. 2, 1894, pp. 1888-1891. doi : 10.1002 / cber.189402702141 .

[9] H. v. Pechmann: About diazomethane . In: Reports of the German Chemical Society . 28, No. 1, 1895, pp. 855-861. doi : 10.1002 / cber.189502801189 .