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Cläre Hunsdiecker (née Dieckmann) (1903–1995) was a German chemist who worked with her husband Heinz Hunsdiecker (1904–1981) to improve a reaction of Alexander Borodin now known as the Hunsdiecker reaction. They received both US and German patents for the work.

Education

Hunsdiecker earned her Ph.D. from the University of Cologne.

For many years, it was believed that there was no photographic image of Hunsdiecker in existence. In 2020, an image was located by an undergraduate student at the University of Melbourne.

References

1. "NAMED ORGANIC REACTIONS" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
2. Heinz Hunsdiecker; Claire Hunsdiecker (1942). "Über den Abbau der Salze aliphatischer Säuren durch Brom". Chemische Berichte. 75 (3): 291–297. doi:10.1002/cber.19420750309.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. Jacques Jean (1999). "A propos de la réaction de Borodine-Hunsdiecker". Comptes Rendus. 2 (3): 181–183. doi:10.1016/S1387-1609(99)80062-0.
4. United States patented 2,176,181, Heinz Hunsdiecker; Cläre Hunsdiecker & Egon Vogt, "METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC CHLORINE AND BROMINE DERIVATIVES", published October 17, 1939 
5. German patented DE722464C, Cläre Hunsdiecker; Egon Vogt & Heinz Hunsdiecker, "Process for the preparation of aliphatic saturated chlorine- or bromine-substituted monocarboxylic acid esters", published 1935-04-09 
6. Ganem, Bruce (1990). "Terminology: Helping students cope with name reactions in organic chemistry". Journal of Chemical Education. 67 (12): 1009. Bibcode:1990JChEd..67.1009G. doi:10.1021/ed067p1009. ISSN 0021-9584.
7. Li, Jie Jack (2007-02-16). Name Reactions: A Collection of Detailed Mechanisms and Synthetic Applications. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 311. ISBN 978-3-540-30031-1.

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