Oscar Hinsberg

Oscar Heinrich Daniel Hinsberg (21 October 1857 – 13 February 1939) was a German chemist.

Hinsberg was born in Berlin. In 1882 he obtained his doctorate in sciences at the University of Tübingen,[1] later serving as a professor at the Universities of Freiburg and Geneva.[2]

He is known for research involving synthesis of oxindole, sulfone and thiophene.[3] In 1890 he introduced the "Hinsberg reaction", a test used for differentiation of primary, secondary and tertiary amines.[4]

Publications

• Ueber Oxalsäurederivate des Metanitroparatoluidins und des Metaparadiamidotoluols, 1882.[5]
• Ueber die Wirkung des Acetphenetidins, (with internist Alfred Kast 1856-1903). in Centralblatt für die medicinischen Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1887, 25: 145-148. - introduction of phenacetine.[6]

References

1. Google Books Documents pour servir à l'histoire de l'Université de Genève, Volumes 3-4
2. Statement based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
3. Google Books Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology
4. "Hinsberg Reaction". Comprehensive Organic Name Reactions and Reagents. 316. 2010. pp. 1418–1421. doi:10.1002/9780470638859.conrr316. ISBN 9780470638859.
5. WorldCat Titles Ueber Oxalsäurederivate des Metanitroparatoluidins und des Metaparadiamidotoluols
6. Bibliography of Alfred Kast @ Who Named It