Karl Andreas Hofmann | |
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Born |
Ansbach, Germany |
2 April 1870
Died | 15 October 1940 Germany |
(aged 70)
Nationality | German |
Scientific career | |
Doctoral advisor | Adolf von Baeyer |
Karl Andreas Hofmann (2 April 1870 – 15 October 1940) was a German inorganic chemist. He is best known for his discovery of a family of clathrates which consist of a 2-D metal cyanide sheet, with every second metal also bound axially to two other ligands. These materials have been named 'Hofmann clathrates' in his honour.