- Wilhelm Schlenk
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name = Wilhelm Johann Schlenk
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caption = Wilhelm Johann Schlenk
birth_date = birth date|1879|3|22|df=y
birth_place =Munich ,Germany
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death_date = death date and age|1943|4|29|1879|3|22|df=y
death_place =Tübingen ,Germany
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work_institution =University of Munich ,University of Jena ,University of Vienna ,University of Berlin ,University of Tübingen
alma_mater =University of Munich
doctoral_advisor =Oskar Piloty
doctoral_students =Herman Mark
Fritz Feigl
known_for =Schlenk flask
Schlenk line
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footnotes =Wilhelm Johann Schlenk (
22 March 1879 –29 April 1943 ) was a Germanchemist . He was born in Munich and also studied chemistry there.Schlenk was an
organic chemist who discoveredorganolithium compounds around 1917. He also investigatedfree radical s andcarbanion s and discovered (together with his son) thatorganomagnesium halides are capable of participating in a complex chemical equilibrium, now known as aSchlenk equilibrium .Today Schlenk is remembered mostly for developing techniques to handle
air-sensitive compounds, and for his invention of theSchlenk flask . The latter is a reaction vessel with a glass orTeflon tap for the addition and removal of gases, such asnitrogen orargon . He is also known for theSchlenk line , a doublemanifold incorporating a vacuum system and a gas line joined by double oblique taps that allow the user to switch between vacuum and gas for the manipulation ofair-sensitive compounds.For further reading
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*External links
* [http://www.sammlungen.hu-berlin.de/dokumente/12568/ Picture of Schlenk]
* [http://www.gdch.de/gdch/eps/preise/as_preis.htm The Arfvedson-Schlenk Award] (in German)
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