Horst Prinzbach

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Horst Prinzbach (born July 20, 1931 in Haslach im Kinzigtal ; † September 18, 2012 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German chemist and university professor.

Scientific career

Prinzbach studied chemistry at the University of Freiburg and received his doctorate from Arthur Lüttringhaus . He then continued his studies at Yale University with William von Eggers Doering . He completed his habilitation in 1962 at the University of Freiburg with the topic "Sesquifulvalene - a contribution to the chemistry of 'non-benzoid aromatics'". In 1965, Prinzbach was offered a chair in organic chemistry at the University of Lausanne . In 1969 he was appointed full professor of organic chemistry at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg .

Main research areas

Dodecahedran
Pagodan

Organic chemistry , photochemistry with unusual chromophores , synthesis of novel carba / hetera cage systems, radical cations, dications, total synthesis of aminoglycoside antibiotics, enzymes in organic synthesis.

The Pagodan route for the synthesis of dodecahedrane stands out from the multitude of research topics , in the course of which the phenomenon of σ-bishomoaromaticity as an extreme case of chemical bonding was discovered and studied. The end point of the long-term work on the chemistry of dodecahedrane was the preparation and characterization of C20 fullerene in the gas phase starting from highly brominated dodecahedrane derivatives.

Honors

Prinzbach Cultural Foundation

With his “Prinzbach Cultural Foundation”, Horst Prinzbach made the establishment of the “House of Music” in his hometown Haslach possible. The music school Offenburg / Ortenau (Haslach branch) and the Haslach town band have their classrooms and rehearsal rooms in the “House of Music”. It is also the venue for concerts with regional ensembles and bands of different musical styles.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Horst Prinzbach, Andreas Weiler, Peter Landenberger, Fabian Wahl, Jürgen Wörth, Lawrence T. Scott, Marc Gelmont, Daniela Olevano, Bernd v. Issendorff. Gas-phase production and photoelectron spectroscopy of the smallest fullerene, C20. Nature 407, 60-63 (September 7, 2000) | doi : 10.1038 / 35024037 .
  2. ^ H. Prinzbach, F. Wahl, A. Weiler, P. Landenberger, J. Woerth, LT Scott, M. Gelmont, D. Olevano, F. Sommer, B. von Issendorff: C20 Carbon Clusters: Fullerene - Boat - Sheet Generation, mass selection, PE characterization. Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 6268-6280 | doi : 10.1002 / chem.200501611
  3. ^ Haslach mourns the loss of Horst Prinzbach , Schwarzwälder Bote from September 21, 2012; accessed on March 14, 2017
  4. ^ Website of the Haslach Music School ; accessed on March 14, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Prinzbach, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Haslach in the Kinzigtal
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 2012
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau