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Leopold Horner
Born(1911-08-24)August 24, 1911
Kehl, Germany
DiedOctober 5, 2005(2005-10-05) (aged 94)
Mainz, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Munich
Known forHorner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Munich,
University of Mainz
Doctoral advisorHeinrich Wieland

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