Rolf Huisgen

Infobox_Scientist
name = Rolf Huisgen


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birth_date = birth date and age|1920|6|13
birth_place = Gerolstein, Rhineland-Palatinate,Germany
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residence = Germany,
nationality = German
field = Chemist
work_institution = University of Munich
alma_mater = University of Munich
doctoral_advisor = Heinrich Otto Wieland
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known_for = 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition
prizes = Liebig Medal 1961
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Rolf Huisgen (June 13, 1920 ) is a German chemist. He was born in Gerolstein and studied in Munich under the supervision of Heinrich Otto Wieland. After completing his Ph.D. in 1943 and his habilitation in 1947, he became professor at the University of Tübingen in 1949. He came back to the University of Munich in 1952 where he stayed dedicated to the research long after his emeritation in 1988. [cite journal
title = Rolf Huisgen: A Gentleman Scholar with Energy and Passion
author = Jeffrey I. Seeman
journal = Helvetica Chimica Acta
volume = 88
issue = 6
pages = 1145–1153
year = 2005
url =
doi = 10.1002/hlca.200590097]

Besides his 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition, which are also known as the Huisgen cycloaddition or Huisgen reaction, [cite journal
title = Kinetics and Mechanism of 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions
first = Rolf
last = Huisgen
journal = Angewandte Chemie International Edition
volume = 2
issue = 11
date = November 1963
pages = 633–645
url = http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/106572717/ABSTRACT
doi = 10.1002/anie.196306331 ] [cite journal
title = 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions. Past and Future
first = Rolf
last = Huisgen
journal =Angewandte Chemie International Edition
volume = 2
issue = 10
date = October 1963
pages = 565–598
url = http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/106572678/ABSTRACT
doi = 10.1002/anie.196305651 ] he had a big influence on chemistry departments in Germany and Austria, due to his large number of habilitants becoming professors. Johann Mulzer, Bernd Giese, Johann Gasteiger, Herbert Mayr and Reinhard Brückner are only a few of them.

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