Jakob Meisenheimer | |
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Jakob Meisenheimer
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Born |
Griesheim (Frankfurt am Main), German Empire |
June 14, 1876
Died | December 2, 1934 Tübingen, Germany |
(aged 58)
Residence | Germany |
Nationality | German |
Institutions |
University of Munich, University of Greifswald, University of Tübingen |
Alma mater | University of Munich |
Doctoral advisor | Friedrich Karl Johannes Thiele |
Known for |
Meisenheimer complex, Mechanism of the Beckmann rearrangement |
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. He also proposed the mechanism of the Beckmann rearrangement. Later in his career, he reported the synthesis of the pyridine-N-oxide.