Human Accomplishment: Kurt Alder

a German chemist and Nobel laureate. In 1936 he left Kiel to join I G Farben Industrie at Leverkusen, where he worked on synthetic rubber.

Born

10 July 1902 Königshütte (Chorzów), German Empire

Died

20 June 1958 (aged 55) Cologne, West Germany

Nationality

German

Known for

Diels–Alder reaction Alder-ene reaction

Fields

Organic chemistry

Alma mater

University of Berlin University of Kiel

Awards

Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1950)

Institutions

I G Farben Industrie, University of Cologne

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Germany

era

1800+