Walter Dieckmann
Birth date8 October 1869
Birth placeHamburg, Germany
Death date12 January 1925 (aged 55)
Death placeMunich, Germany
Work institutionBASF,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Alma materLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Doctoral advisorBamberger,
Adolf von Baeyer
Known forDieckmann condensation

Walter Dieckmann (8 October 1869 – 12 January 1925)[1] was a German chemist.[2][3] He is the namesake of the Dieckmann condensation,[1] the intramolecular reaction of diesters with base to give β-keto esters.

Dieckmann studied at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and was an assistant of Adolf von Baeyer.[1]

References

  1. ^ Li, Jie Jack (2010-10-12). "3.2 Dieckmann Condensation". Name Reactions for Carbocyclic Ring Formations. John Wiley & Sons. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-470-87220-8.
  2. ^ Balcı, Metin (2021-11-23). Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry. John Wiley & Sons. p. 260. ISBN 978-3-527-83459-4.
  3. ^ De, Surya K. (2021-03-15). Applied Organic Chemistry: Reaction Mechanisms and Experimental Procedures in Medicinal Chemistry. John Wiley & Sons. p. 81. ISBN 978-3-527-34785-8.