Leopold Horner | |
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![]() Leopold Horner | |
Born | |
Died | 5 October 2005 | (aged 94)
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Munich |
Known for | Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction |
Awards | Liebig Medal (1973) Cothenius Medal (2001) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Munich, University of Mainz |
Doctoral advisor | Heinrich 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.