Karl Hensen

Karl Hensen (born March 1, 1935 in Aachen ) is a German chemist ( theoretical chemistry , inorganic chemistry ). He was a professor at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main .

After graduating from high school in 1955, Hensen studied chemistry at the RWTH Aachen , where he received his diploma from Ulrich Wannagat in 1960 (on the behavior of platinum in the catalytic ammonia oxidation) and received his doctorate in 1962 (on the representation of mixed silicon halides and their addition compounds with N- Heterocycles). Hensen then turned to theoretical chemistry and went to Hermann Hartmann in Frankfurt, where he completed his habilitation in inorganic and theoretical chemistry in 1968 (theoretical investigations on hydrogen compounds with special consideration of bridge structures). In 1968 he became senior assistant in Frankfurt and in 1971 professor. In 2000 he was retired.

In theoretical chemistry he is particularly concerned with model calculations on small molecules and in inorganic chemistry with Lewis acid-base interactions and silicon-nitrogen chemistry.

Fonts

• Theory of chemical bonds, Heidelberg: Steinkopff 1974
• Molecular Structure and Spectra, Heidelberg: Steinkopff 1983

Web links

• Theoretical Chemistry Genealogy Project