Leopold Horner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leopold Horner

German chemist

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1911

Place of Birth: Kehl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 05-Oct-2005

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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.