Ludwig Gattermann

Friedrich August Ludwig gate man ( born April 20, 1860 in Goslar, † June 20, 1920 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German chemist.

Life

Ludwig gate man studied chemistry in Leipzig, Heidelberg and Berlin. He received his doctorate at the University of Göttingen in the group of Hans Hübner and followed Victor Meyer as an assistant to Heidelberg. In 1900 he was appointed Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science of the University of Freiburg. He examined as successor to Adolf Claus both the chemistry of aromatic hydrocarbons as well as the unstable inorganic compounds such as the Trichloramins. Among other things, he found that taste in the presence of cyanide cigarettes differently.

Named after him include the gate man synthesis and gate man - Koch synthesis. He became known primarily known for his many new aufgelegtes textbook of practical organic chemistry, also known as gate man 's Cookbook. 1888 gate man was appointed a member of the Leopoldina.

Works

• The practice of the organic chemist, published by Veit & Comp. Leipzig, 1st edition 1894 2nd edition - Leipzig: Veit, 1896 Digitized edition.
• 15th edition - Berlin: De Gruyter, 1920 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf.
• Continued by Heinrich Wieland and Theodor Wieland up to 43th edition, 1982; ISBN 3-11-006654-8.