Otto Dimroth
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Born28 March 1872
Died16 May 1940 (aged 68)
Otto Dimroth | |
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| Born | 28 March 1872 |
| Died | 16 May 1940 (aged 68) |
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| Institutions | University of Greifswald, University of Munich, University of Würzburg |
| Doctoral advisor | Johannes Thiele |
Otto Dimroth (28 March 1872 – 16 May 1940) was a German chemist. He is known for the Dimroth rearrangement,[1][2] as well as a type of condenser with an internal double spiral, the Dimroth condenser. He made pioneering contributions to organomercury chemistry.[3][4]
His son Karl Dimroth was also a renowned chemist, who described the first synthesis of 3-benzoxepin.[5][6]
