Jacob Volhard
| Jacob Volhard | |
|---|---|
![]() Jacob Volhard  | |
| Born | 
4 June 1834 Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine  | 
| Died | 
14 January 1910 (aged 75) Halle/Saale, German Empire  | 
| Residence | Germany | 
| Nationality | German | 
| Doctoral advisor | 
Justus Liebig,  Heinrich Will  | 
| Doctoral students | 
Hugo Erdmann,  Johannes Thiele, Rudolf Schenck, Daniel Vorländer, Hermann Staudinger  | 
| Known for | 
Volhard-Erdmann cyclization ,  Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky halogenation.  | 
Jacob Volhard (4 June 1834 – 14 January 1910) was the German chemist who discovered, together with his student Hugo Erdmann, the Volhard-Erdmann cyclization reaction. He was also responsible for the improvement of the Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky halogenation.
See also
References
- Daniel Vorländer (1912). "Jacob Volhard". Berichte der Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 46 (2): 1855–1902. doi:10.1002/cber.19120450261.
 
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