Otto Dimroth
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Otto Dimroth was a German chemist
. He is known for the Dimroth rearrangement
, as well as a type of condenser with an internal double spiral, the Dimroth condenser.
His son Karl Dimroth was also a renowned chemist.
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
. He is known for the Dimroth rearrangement
Dimroth rearrangement
The Dimroth rearrangement is a rearrangement reaction taking place with certain 1,2,3-triazoles where endocyclic and exocyclic nitrogen atoms switch place . This organic reaction was discovered in 1909 by Otto Dimroth ....
, as well as a type of condenser with an internal double spiral, the Dimroth condenser.
His son Karl Dimroth was also a renowned chemist.