Hermann Decker
Hermann Gustav Carl Decker (born May 29, 1869 in Moscow , Russian Empire , † June 11, 1939 in Lausanne , Switzerland ) was a German chemist and university professor .
Life
Decker was 1888 in Freiburg Dr. phil. PhD . From 1889 to 1901 worked in the chemical industry . In 1901 he went to the University of Geneva as an assistant , where he became a private lecturer in 1903 . From 1909 to 1911 he was an assistant for organic chemistry at the Technical University of Hanover , where he was appointed professor in 1913.
In 1913 he developed the synthesis of secondary amines from primary amines, first described by Martin Onslow Forster in 1899 , which is known as the Forster-Decker reaction .
Decker had been a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists "Leopoldina" since 1909 .
literature
- Willibald Reichertz: East Germans as lecturers at the Technical University of Hanover (1831–1956). In: East German family studies . 55, 2007, pp. 109-120.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Forster-Decker reaction. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on June 3, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Decker, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Decker, Hermann Gustav Carl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1939 |
| Place of death | Lausanne , Switzerland |