About Oskar Baudisch
Lived 1881 – 1950 (aged 68). Oskar Baudisch was an Austrian and American chemist, university teacher and biochemist, known for Baudisch reaction.
Oskar Baudisch (3 June 1881 – 29 March 1950) was an Austrian American biochemist and radiographer. He is mainly known for a chemical reaction that bears his name, the Baudisch reaction.
Early life and education Baudisch was born to Joseph and Julie Baudisch in Maffersdorf, Austria, which is today Vratislavice nad Nisou, now part of the Czech Republic.
He received his first education in chemistry at the Staatsgewerbeschule in Reichenberg. Since this kind of school was not sufficient to be allowed to start a Ph. D. thesis in Austria, he went abroad. Baudisch studied chemistry in Zurich, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1904. Baudisch left London in 1909 and worked in the dyestuff industry for some time. In 1911, he worked with Alfred Werner in Zurich, and obtained his habilitation.
In 1939 Baudisch discovered the copper-catalyzed reaction of phenols and hydroxylamine hydrochloride to give o-nitrosophenols. This reaction is today known as the Baudisch reaction.
Death Baudisch drowned on 28 March 1950 near La Jolla, California in a boating accident.
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Austrian-American biochemist (1881-1950)
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Oskar Baudisch was born on 3 June 1881 in Vratislavice nad Nisou.
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Oskar Baudisch died on 29 March 1950 in La Jolla.
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Oskar Baudisch was a chemist, university teacher and biochemist.
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