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About August Wilhelm von Hofmann
August Wilhelm von Hofmann was a German chemist who made considerable contributions to organic chemistry. His research on aniline helped lay the basis of the aniline-dye industry, and his research on coal tar laid the groundwork for his student Charles Mansfield's practical methods for extracting benzene and toluene and converting them into nitro compounds and amines. Hofmann's discoveries include formaldehyde, hydrazobenzene, the isonitriles, and allyl alcohol. He prepared three ethylamines and tetraethylammonium compounds and established their structural relationship to ammonia.
Everything about August Wilhelm von Hofmann →- Occupation
- chemist, university teacher
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Born
- April 8, 1818
- Died
- May 5, 1892