Rudolf Hoppe

Rudolf Hoppe
Rudolf Hoppe (1990)
Born(1922-10-29)29 October 1922
Died24 November 2014(2014-11-24) (aged 92)
Giessen, Hesse, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Kiel
Known forPioneering work on noble gas compounds such as Xenon difluoride
Scientific career
FieldsChemist
InstitutionsUniversity of Münster
University of Giessen
Doctoral advisorWilhelm Klemm
Doctoral studentsHans Georg von Schnering

Rudolf Hoppe (29 October 1922 – 24 November 2014), a German chemist, discovered the first covalent noble gas compounds.