a German chemist. His most notable work was done with Kurt Alder on the Diels–Alder reaction, a method for diene synthesis.
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Born
23 January 1876 Hamburg, German Empire
Died
7 March 1954 (aged 78) Kiel, West Germany
Nationality
German
Known for
Diels–Alder reaction Diels–Reese reaction
Fields
Chemistry
Alma mater
University of Berlin
Awards
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1950)
Institutions
University of Kiel
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Germany
Doctoral advisor
Emil Fischer
Doctoral students
Kurt Alder Karl Wilhelm Rosenmund
era
1800+
