Jakob Meisenheimer

German chemist (1876–1934)

Jakob Meisenheimer
Jakob Meisenheimer
Born	(1876-06-14)14 June 1876 Griesheim (Frankfurt am Main), German Empire
Died	2 December 1934(1934-12-02) (aged 58) Tübingen, Germany
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.

References

^ Jakob Meisenheimer (1902). "Ueber Reactionen aromatischer Nitrokörper". Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie. 323 (2): 205–246. doi:10.1002/jlac.19023230205.