Hugo Erdmann
German chemist (1862–1910)
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Hugo Wilhelm Traugott Erdmann (8 May 1862 – 25 June 1910) was the German chemist who discovered, together with his doctoral advisor Jacob Volhard, the Volhard-Erdmann cyclization. In 1898 he was the first who coined the term noble gas (the original noun is Edelgas in German).[1]
Hugo Erdmann | |
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Hugo Erdmann | |
| Born | 8 May 1862 |
| Died | 25 June 1910 (aged 48) |
| Known for | Volhard-Erdmann cyclization |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | Jacob Volhard |
Erdmann invented the name Thiozone in 1908, hypothesizing that S3 made up a large proportion of liquid sulfur.[2]
In collaboration with Rudolph Fittig, Erdmann found that dehydration of γ-phenyl structural analog of isocrotonic acid produced α-naphthol, an observation that provided evidence in understanding the nature of naphthalene.[3]
Bibliography
Books written by Erdmann:
- Hugo Erdmann (2009-01-31). Introduction to Chemical Preparations. BiblioLife. ISBN 978-0-559-91368-6.
See also
References
- "Hugo Erdmann". Archived from the original on 2007-10-17.
- Lockemann, Georg (1959). "Hugo Erdmann". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 4. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 572–572.
