Ulrich Schöllkopf

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name = Ulrich Schöllkopf


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caption = Ulrich Schöllkopf
birth_date = birth date|1927|10|11
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death_date = death date and age|1998|11|6|1927|10|11
death_place = Göttingen, Germany
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work_institution = University of Göttingen
alma_mater = University of Tübingen,
University of Heidelberg
doctoral_advisor = Georg Wittig
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known_for = Schöllkopf method
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Ulrich Schöllkopf was a German chemist and together with Georg Wittig discovered the Wittig reaction in 1956. Later in 1981 he published the synthesis method for amino acids known as the Bislactimether method or Schöllkopf method. Schöllkopf studied with Georg Wittig at the University of Tübingen where he received his Phd with work on the Wittig reaction [cite journal
author = Georg Wittig, Ulrich Schöllkopf
journal =Chemische Berichte
year = 1954
volume = 87
pages = 1318
title = Über Triphenyl-phosphin-methylene als olefinbildende Reagenzien I
doi = 10.1002/cber.19540870919] in 1956 and received his habilitation at the University of Heidelberg with Wittig in 1961. He became Professor at the University of Göttingen.

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