Ludwig Wolff

This article is about the German chemist. For the World War II general, see Ludwig Wolff (general).

Ludwig Wolff (27 September 1857 – 24 February 1919), born in Neustadt in Palatinate, was a German chemist.^[1]

Ludwig Wolff
Born	(1857-09-27)27 September 1857 Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhine Province, Prussia
Died	24 February 1919(1919-02-24) (aged 61) Jena Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Strasbourg
Known for	Wolff-Kishner reduction, Wolff rearrangement
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Jena
Doctoral advisor	Rudolph Fittig

He studied chemistry at the University of Strasbourg, where he received his Ph.D. from Rudolph Fittig in 1882. He became Professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Jena in 1891 and held this position till his death in 1919. In 1911 he published a new reaction now known as the Wolff-Kishner reduction. His name is also associated with the chemical reaction known as the Wolff rearrangement (1912).^[1][2]