Johann Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Tiemann (June 10, 1848 – November 14, 1899) was a German chemist and together with Karl Reimer discoverer of the Reimer-Tiemann reaction.[1]

Johann Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Tiemann
Ferdinand Tiemann c. 1880 in Berlin
Born(1848-06-10)June 10, 1848
Rübeland (now part of Elbingerode), Kingdom of Hanover
DiedNovember 14, 1899(1899-11-14) (aged 51)
Alma materTU Braunschweig
Known forReimer-Tiemann reaction,
Tiemann rearrangement
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Berlin
Doctoral advisorAugust Wilhelm von Hofmann
Doctoral studentsJulius Stieglitz,
Carl Harries

Biography

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Beginning in 1866, Tiemann studied pharmacy at the TU Braunschweig where he graduated in 1869.[1] His professor in Brunswick wrote a letter of recommendation to August Wilhelm von Hofmann at the University of Berlin where Tiemann started as assistant of von Hofmann in 1869.[2] In 1874 Wilhelm Haarmann and Tiemann started a company, after they discovered the synthesis of vanillin from coniferyl alcohol. The vanillin plant Holzminden was not very successful before Karl Reimer discovered the Reimer-Tiemann reaction which opened an alternative synthesis route to vanillin. In 1882 Tiemann became a professor at the University of Berlin.[1]

He was involved in the first synthesis of Jonon a compound of the sweet violet (Viola odorata), which became a huge success for Harmann & Reimer company.

August Wilhelm von Hofmann married Berta the younger sister of Ferdinand Tiemann.[1]

Works

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  • Tiemann-Gärtner's Handbuch der Untersuchung und Beurtheilung der Wässer : zum Gebrauch für Apotheker, Ärzte, Chemiker, Fabrikanten, Medicinalbeamte und Techniker ; mit 40 Holzstichen u. 10 Taf. . Vieweg, Braunschweig 4. Aufl. / bearb. von Georg Walter und August Gärtner 1895 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Tiemann, Johann Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand". Encyclopedia.com.
  2. ^ Biographie, Deutsche. "Tiemann, Ferdinand - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de.