Hans-Werner Wanzlick (1917-1988) was a German chemist. A Professor of chemistry at the Berlin Technical University he is notable for work on persistent carbenes and for proposing the Wanzlick equilibrium between saturated imidazolin-2-ylidenes and their dimers [1][2] — which he called "das doppelte Lottchen", after a 1949 novel by Erich Kästner about a pair of mischievous twins.[3]

Hans-Werner Wanzlick
Hans-Werner Wanzlick (1982)
BornOctober 5, 1917
DiedNovember 1988 (1988-12) (aged 71)
NationalityGerman
Alma materBerlin Institute of Technology
Known forCarbene Chemistry
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry, Carbene Chemistry
InstitutionsBerlin Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisorHelmuth Scheibler

References edit

  1. ^ H.-W. Wanzlick and E. Schikora (1960). "Ein neuer Zugang zur Carben-Chemie". Angewandte Chemie. 72 (14): 494. Bibcode:1960AngCh..72..494W. doi:10.1002/ange.19600721409.
  2. ^ H.-W. Wanzlick and E. Schikora (1960). "Ein nucleophiles Carben". Chemische Berichte. 94 (9): 2389–2393. doi:10.1002/cber.19610940905.
  3. ^ Anthony J. Arduengo, III (1999) Looking for Stable Carbenes: The Difficulty in Starting Anew. Accounts of Chemical Research, volume 32, number 11, pages 913–921. doi:10.1021/ar980126p
  • Hans-Werner Wanzlick (1958), letter to Linus Pauling (in German). Linus Pauling's Correspondence, item #444.6.