Louis Henry

Louis Henry (born December 26, 1834 in Marche-en-Famenne , † September 3, 1913 in Leuven ) was a Belgian chemist .

Henry was interested in natural phenomena from his youth and studied in Liège and with Justus von Liebig in Giessen . He was from 1863 to 1899 as the successor to his teacher Martin Martens Professor of Chemistry in Leuven . In 1905 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .

As a supporter of the atomic hypothesis and, despite limited research possibilities, he was involved in the development of the modern structural theory of organic chemistry, which developed rapidly during his time, among others through August Kekulé . Among other things, he confirmed Kekulé's discovery of the tetravalence of carbon. He synthesized Dipropargyl, an isomer of benzene , which earned him international recognition.

The Henry reaction , the condensation of α-CH-acidic nitroalkanes with carbonyl compounds, is named after him.

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^ List of members since 1666: Letter H. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 27, 2019 (French).

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SURNAME	Henry, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 26, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH	Marche-en-Famenne
DATE OF DEATH	September 3, 1913
Place of death	Lions

[1] List of members since 1666: Letter H. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 27, 2019 (French).