Walter Dieckmann

Walter Dieckmann
Walter Dieckmann
Born	(1869-10-08)8 October 1869 Hamburg, Germany
Died	12 January 1925(1925-01-12) (aged 55) Munich, Germany
Alma mater	University of Munich
Known for	Dieckmann condensation
Scientific career
Institutions	BASF, University of Munich
Doctoral advisor	Bamberger, Adolf von Baeyer

Walter Dieckmann (8 October 1869 – 12 January 1925) was a German chemist. He is the namesake of the Dieckmann condensation, the intramolecular reaction of diesters with base to give β-keto esters.

Dieckmann studied at the University of Munich and became assistant of Adolf von Baeyer.