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Rolf Huisgen

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German chemist (1920-2020)

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Rolf Huisgen was a German chemist. His importance in synthetic organic chemistry extends to the enormous influence he had in post-war chemistry departments in Germany and Austria, due to many of his habilitants becoming professors.

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2019Clarivate Citation Laureates
2010Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin
1985honorary doctor of the University of Regensburg
1984Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
1984Honorary doctorate from the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg
1979Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics
1977honorary doctor of the University of Freiburg
1976honorary doctor of the University of Rennes I
1975honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
1975Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry
1961Liebig Medal
1960Centenary Prize
Bavarian Order of Merit

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Rolf Huisgen was a German chemist. His importance in synthetic organic chemistry extends to the enormous influence he had in post-war chemistry departments in Germany and Austria, due to many of his habilitants becoming professors. His major achievement was the development of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction, also called the Huisgen cycloaddition.

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Germany
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2020 · aged 99
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