Jakob Meisenheimer | |
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Born | |
Died | 2 December 1934 | (aged 58)
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Munich |
Known for | Meisenheimer complex, Mechanism of the Beckmann rearrangement |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Munich, University of Greifswald, University of Tübingen |
Doctoral advisor | Friedrich Karl Johannes Thiele |
Jakob Meisenheimer (14 June 1876 – 2 December 1934) was a German chemist. He made numerous contributions to organic chemistry, the most famous being his proposed structure for a group of compounds now named Meisenheimer complex.[1] He also proposed the mechanism of the Beckmann rearrangement. Later in his career, he reported the synthesis of the pyridine-N-oxide.