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Jakob Meisenheimer

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Jakob Meisenheimer
Jakob Meisenheimer
Born(1876-06-14)14 June 1876
Died2 December 1934(1934-12-02) (aged 58)
Alma materLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Known forMeisenheimer complex,
Mechanism of the Beckmann rearrangement
Scientific career
InstitutionsLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München,
University of Greifswald,
University of Tübingen
Friedrich Karl Johannes Thiele

Jakob Meisenheimer (14 June 1876 – 2 December 1934) was a German chemist. He made numerous contributions to organic chemistry, the most famous being his proposed structure for a group of compounds now named Meisenheimer complex.[1] He also proposed the mechanism of the Beckmann rearrangement. Later in his career, he reported the synthesis of the pyridine-N-oxide.

References

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  1. ^ Jakob Meisenheimer (1902). "Ueber Reactionen aromatischer Nitrokörper". Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie. 323 (2): 205–246. doi:10.1002/jlac.19023230205.