André Dreiding

Samuel André Dreiding ( born June 22, 1919 in Zurich, † 24 December 2013 Herrliberg ) was a Swiss chemist. He was from 1969 to 1987 Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Zurich. His field of work was the chemistry of natural products. He made ​​major contributions to the structure elucidation and synthesis of betalain dyes.

In the 20th century, the Dreiding stereo models ( molecular models ) were widespread and were used in research and teaching for illustration stereochemical analysis or reaktionsmechanistischer considerations.