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Anton Vilsmeier

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Anton Vilsmeier
Born(1894-06-12)12 June 1894
Burgweinting, German Empire (now part of Regensburg, Germany)
Died12 February 1962(1962-02-12) (aged 67)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Munich,
University of Erlangen
Known forVilsmeier-Haack reaction
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Erlangen,
BASF
Doctoral advisorErnst Otto Fischer

Dr. Anton Vilsmeier (12 June 1894 – 12 February 1962) was a German chemist who together with Albrecht Haack discovered the Vilsmeier-Haack reaction.

Early life

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Anton Vilsmeier was born to the mill owner, Wolfgang Vilsmeier, and his wife, Philomena, in Burgweinting, Oberpfalz. He attended the Volksschule and the Altes Gymnasium in Regensburg. During World War I, he served in the 11th Bavarian Infantry Regiment, and became a British prisoner following the Battle of the Somme, returning to Germany in November 1919. From 1920, he studied chemistry at the University of Munich, and from 1922 at the University of Erlangen, where he continued as an assistant after his studies.

Career

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Vilsmeier discovered the aldehyde synthesis reaction which bears his name in 1926, and it was published in 1927, the year that he began to work for BASF in Ludwigshafen. He retired in 1959, and died in 1962 in Ludwigshafen.

References

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  • "FAU-Assistant Anton Vilsmeier fand Aldehydsynthese" (in German).