Hans-Werner Wanzlick
German chemist (1917–1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hans-Werner Wanzlick (1917-1988) was a German chemist. A Professor of chemistry at Technische Universität Berlin he is notable for work on persistent carbenes and for proposing the Wanzlick equilibrium between saturated imidazolin-2-ylidenes and their dimers [1][2] — which he called "das doppelte Lottchen", after a 1949 novel by Erich Kästner about a pair of mischievous twins.[3]
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Hans-Werner Wanzlick | |
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![]() Hans-Werner Wanzlick (1982) | |
Born | October 5, 1917 |
Died | November 1988 (1988-12) (aged 71) |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | Technische Universität Berlin |
Known for | Carbene Chemistry |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Organic chemistry, Carbene Chemistry |
Institutions | Technische Universität Berlin |
Doctoral advisor | Helmuth Scheibler |
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