Herbert Lindlar
Herbert Lindlar , also Herbert Lindlar-Wilson (born March 15, 1909 in Sheffield ; † June 27, 2009 ), was a British - Swiss chemist . He became known in particular for the catalyst he developed for hydrogenation, which bears his name as the Lindlar catalyst .
biography
Lindlar came to Switzerland with his family in 1919. He studied chemistry at the ETH Zurich and the University of Bern and received his doctorate in 1939 with a thesis " On the behavior of dicarboxylic acids in ureid formation ". He then joined the pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche , for which, with the exception of a four-year break, he worked until retirement in 1974. During these four years Lindlar was the British Vice Consul in Zurich and Basel .
Web links
- Archive of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft ( Memento from February 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
Fonts (selection)
- About the behavior of dicarboxylic acids in ureid formation . Zurich 1939, DNB 570539889 (dissertation, University of Bern).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date of death due to private research
- ↑ Paula Y. Bruice: Organic Chemistry . Pearson, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-86894-102-9 , pp. 251 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindlar, Herbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lindlar-Wilson, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-Swiss chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sheffield |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 2009 |