Otto Dimroth

Otto Dimroth (28 March 1872 – 16 May 1940) was a German chemist. He is known for the Dimroth rearrangement,[1][2] as well as a type of condenser with an internal double spiral, the Dimroth condenser.

Otto Dimroth
Born28 March 1872
Bayreuth, German Empire
Died16 May 1940(1940-05-16) (aged 68)
Aschaffenburg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Greifswald,
University of Munich,
University of Würzburg
Doctoral advisorJohannes Thiele

His son Karl Dimroth was also a renowned chemist, who described the first synthesis of 3-benzoxepin.[3][4]

References
  1. D. Otto (1909). "Ueber intramolekulare Umlagerungen. Umlagerungen in der Reihe des 1, 2, 3-Triazols". Justus Liebig's Annalen der Chemie. 364 (2): 183–226. doi:10.1002/jlac.19093640204.
  2. W. M. Otto Dimroth (1927). "Intramolekulare Umlagerung der 5-Amino-1,2,3-triazole". Justus Liebig's Annalen der Chemie. 459 (1): 39–46. doi:10.1002/jlac.19274590104.
  3. Dimroth, K.; Pohl, G. (1961). "3-Benzoxepin". Angew. Chem. 73 (12): 436. doi:10.1002/ange.19610731215.
  4. Dimroth, K.; Pohl, G.; Follmann, H. (1966). "Die Synthese von Derivaten des 3-Oxepins und des Furans durch eine zweifache Wittig-Reaktion". Chem. Ber. (in German). 99 (2): 634–641. doi:10.1002/cber.19660990238.
  • L. Ebert (1941). "Obituary: Otto Dimroth. 1872-1940". Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft. 74 (1): A1–A23. doi:10.1002/cber.19410740124.


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