Leopold Rügheimer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLeopold Rügheimer
German chemist
Date of Birth: 05-May-1850
Place of Birth: Walldorf, Thuringia, Germany
Date of Death: 24-May-1917
Profession: chemist, university teacher
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Leopold Rügheimer
- Leopold Rügheimer (May 5, 1850 – May 24, 1917) was a notable German chemist whose name is connected to the Staedel-Rugheimer pyrazine synthesis, a reaction that was discovered by himself and Wilhelm Staedel.
- Rügheimer was born in Walldorf (near Meiningen) in 1850 as the son of a merchant.
- He studied at the universities of Leipzig, Würzburg and Tübingen.
- He died in Kiel in 1917 after a successful academic career.
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