Leopold Horner

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name = Leopold Horner


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caption = Leopold Horner
birth_date = birth date|1911|8|24
birth_place = Kehl, Germany
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nationality = German
death_date = death date and age|2005|10|5|1911|8|24
death_place = Mainz, Germany
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work_institution = University of Munich,
University of Mainz
alma_mater = University of Munich
doctoral_advisor = Heinrich Wieland
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known_for = Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction
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Leopold Horner (August 24, 1911 – October 5, 2005) was a German chemist and published in a modified Wittig reaction using phosphonate-stabilized carbanions now called the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction or HWE reaction or Horner-Wittig reaction

Life

Horner started studying chemistry at the University of Heidelberg and later with Heinrich Wieland at the University of Munich. After he received his Ph.D and his habilitation he worked at the Polymer Research Institute in Frankfurt. In 1953 he became professor at the University of Mainz.

Reference

* cite web
url = http://www.chem-bio.uni-karlsruhe.de/Fakultaet/Horner.pdf
title = Nachruf: Leopold Horner (1911-2005) Ehrendoktor der Universität Karlsruhe (TH) im Alter von 94 Jahren verstorben
author = Joachim Podlech
publisher = University of Karlsruhe|format=PDF
*cite journal
title = Leopold Horner (1911–2005): Nestor der präparativen organischen Chemie"
author = H. Kunz
journal = Angewandte Chemie
volume = 117
issue =
pages = 7838–7839
year = 2005
url =
doi =
*ger [http://www.gdch.de/oearbeit/redehopfdozpdf.pdf Ansprachen auf der Chemiedozententagung 2005 in München]