Rolf Huisgen (1920-2020)

Bernd Giese; Herbert Mayr; Hans-Ulrich Reissig

doi:10.1002/anie.202008137

Rolf Huisgen (1920-2020)

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2020 Jul 20;59(30):12228-12232. doi: 10.1002/anie.202008137. Epub 2020 Jul 6.

Authors

Bernd Giese¹, Herbert Mayr², Hans-Ulrich Reissig³

Affiliations

¹ Departement Chemie, Universite de Fribourg, Switzerland.
² Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany.
³ Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Takustrasse 3, 14195, Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 32627904
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008137

Abstract

Rolf Huisgen would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. Three of his academic progeny look back on Huisgen as a person, teacher, and scientist. They underline his leading role in rebuilding the chemistry department in Munich after the Second World War and the enduring importance of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (Huisgen reaction).

Keywords: Huisgen, Rolf; cycloadditions; organic chemistry; reaction mechanisms.

Publication types

Editorial