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Leopold Horner
Born(1911-08-24)24 August 1911
Kehl, German Empire
Died5 October 2005(2005-10-05) (aged 94)
Mainz, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Munich
Known forHorner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction
AwardsLiebig Medal (1973)
Cothenius Medal (2001)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Munich,
University of Mainz
Doctoral advisorHeinrich Wieland

Leopold Horner (24 August 1911 – 5 October 2005) was a German chemist who published a modified Wittig reaction using phosphonate-stabilized carbanions now called the Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction (HWE reaction) or Horner-Wittig reaction.

Life

Horner started studying chemistry at the University of Heidelberg and later with Heinrich Wieland at the University of Munich. After he received his Ph.D and his habilitation he worked at the Polymer Research Institute in Frankfurt. In 1953 he became professor at the University of Mainz.

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