Rudolf Leuckart (chemist)

German chemist (1854–1889)

Rudolf Leuckart

Born| (1854-06-23)23 June 1854

Gießen, Germany

Died| 24 July 1889(1889-07-24) (aged 35)

Leipzig, Germany

Nationality| German
Alma mater| University of Heidelberg,
University of Leipzig
Known for| Leuckart reaction
Scientific career
Institutions| University of Göttingen

This article is about the chemist. For his father, the zoologist, see Rudolf Leuckart.

Carl Louis Rudolf Alexander Leuckart  (23 June 1854 – 24 July 1889) was a German chemist who discovered the Leuckart reaction and Leuckart thiophenol reaction.[1]

He was the son of Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (1822–1898) a renowned German zoologist. He received his PhD at the University of Leipzig in 1879 and his habilitation at University of Göttingen in 1883, where he also became professor.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Stuttgart-Georg Thieme Verlag (2012). "an article dedicated to Rudolf Leuckart for his thiol studies". Synlett. 23 (13): 1893–1896. doi:10.1055/s-0032-1316557.

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