Julius Tröger

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name = Julius Tröger


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caption = Julius Tröger
birth_date = birth date|1862|10|10
birth_place = Leipzig, Germany
residence = Germany
nationality = German
death_date = death date and age|1942|7|29|1862|10|10
death_place = Brunswick, Germany
field = organic chemistry
work_institution = University of Braunschweig
alma_mater = University of Leipzig
doctoral_advisor = Ernst von Meyer
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known_for = Tröger's base
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Julius Tröger (October 10, 1862 – July 29,1942) was a German chemist.Tröger studied at the University of Leipzig from 1882 till 1888.During his Ph.D. he synthesized in 1887 2,8-Dimethyl-6H,12H-5,11-methanodibenzo- [b,f] [1,5] diazocine from p-toluidine and formaldehyde. This substance is now known as the Tröger's base.Due to the fact that he was not abble to give a structur of the the new compound Johannes Wislicenus, the new dirctor of the department, assigned a mediocre grade for Trögers thesis.It took another 48 years to confirme the structure of Tröger's base.In 1888 he started working at the University of Braunschweig where he stayed until his retirement in 1928. Tröger died in Brunswick.

References

*cite web
title = Der Note Drei folgte später Ruhm Nach dem Chemie-Doktoranden Julius Tröger ist eine Base benannt
url = http://www.uni-leipzig.de/journal/0503/0503ul_journal.pdf