Rolf Appel (chemist)
Rolf Appel (born February 25, 1921 in Hamburg-Harburg ; † January 30, 2012 ) was a German chemist and university professor. In particular, his field of work was inorganic phosphorus chemistry .
Life
Appel studied chemistry in Halle and received his doctorate in 1951 from the University of Heidelberg under Margot Becke-Goehring . In 1962 he took over a chemistry chair at the University of Bonn . The Appel reaction he discovered for the synthesis of chloroalkanes from alcohols with triphenylphosphine and tetrachloromethane is named after him . He retired in 1986.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Rolf Appel: Tertiary Phosphane / Tetrachloromethane, a Versatile Reagent for Chlorination, Dehydration, and PN Linkage . In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English . 14, No. 12, 1975, pp. 801-811. doi : 10.1002 / anie.197508011 .
- ↑ GDCh prices. Liebig commemorative coin. Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, accessed October 30, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Appel, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg-Harburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 2012 |