Walter Dieckmann

Walter Dieckmann
Walter Dieckmann
Born(1869-10-08)8 October 1869
Died12 January 1925(1925-01-12) (aged 55)
Alma materUniversity of Munich
Known forDieckmann condensation
Scientific career
InstitutionsBASF,
University of Munich
Doctoral advisorBamberger,
Adolf von Baeyer

Walter Dieckmann (8 October 1869 – 12 January 1925) was a German chemist. He is the namesake of the Dieckmann condensation, the intramolecular reaction of diesters with base to give β-keto esters.

Dieckmann studied at the University of Munich and became assistant of Adolf von Baeyer.