Rolf Huisgen | |
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 Rolf Huisgen in 2004 | |
| Born | 13 June 1920 |
| Died | 26 March 2020 (aged 99) |
| Alma mater | University of Munich |
| Known for | 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction |
| Awards | 1960 Centenary Prize 1961 Liebig Medal 1979 Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemist |
| Institutions | University of Munich |
| Doctoral advisor | Heinrich Otto Wieland |
Rolf Huisgen (German: ['huːzgɛn]; 13 June 1920 – 26 March 2020) was a German chemist. His importance in synthetic organic chemistry extends to the enormous influence he had in post-war chemistry departments in Germany and Austria, due to a large number of his habilitants becoming professors. His major achievement was the development of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction, also called the Huisgen cycloaddition.