Werner Tochtermann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Werner Tochtermann

German chemist

Date of Birth: 30-May-1934

Place of Birth: Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Werner Tochtermann (born May 30, 1934 in Pforzheim) is a German chemist and emeritus professor.
From 1976 till his retirement in 1999 he was full professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Kiel.
His main areas of research were the chemistry of medium and large rings, the synthesis of cyclophanes, and the heteroquadricyclane?heteropin rearrangement, e.g.
for the synthesis of oxepins from furans (known as Prinzbach–Tochtermann sequence).