Hugo Erdmann

German chemist (1862–1910)

Hugo Erdmann

Hugo Erdmann

Born| (1862-05-08)8 May 1862

Preußisch Holland, Kingdom of Prussia

Died| 25 June 1910(1910-06-25) (aged 48)

Müritzsee, German Empire

Nationality| German
Known for| Volhard-Erdmann cyclization
Scientific career
Doctoral advisor| Jacob Volhard

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]

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

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Books written by Erdmann:

1. Hugo Erdmann (2009-01-31). Introduction to Chemical Preparations. BiblioLife. ISBN 978-0-559-91368-6.

## See also

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* German inventors and discoverers

## References

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* "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.

## Notes

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1. ^ Renouf, Edward (1901-02-15). "Noble gases". Science. 13 (320): 268–270\. Bibcode:1901Sci....13..268R. doi:10.1126/science.13.320.268.
2. ^ Hugo Erdmann (1908). "Ueber Thiozonide, ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss des Schwefels und seiner ringförmigen Verbindungen". Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie. 362 (2): 133–173\. doi:10.1002/jlac.19083620202.
3. ^ Fittig, Rudolph; Erdmann, Hugo (1883). "Synthese des α-Naphtols" [Synthesis of α-Naphtol]. Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. (in German). 16 (1): 43–44\. doi:10.1002/cber.18830160115.

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