Conrad Heinrich Christoph Willgerodt (November 2, 1841 – December 19, 1930) was a German chemist who first described the

Willgerodt reaction The Willgerodt rearrangement or Willgerodt reaction is an organic reaction converting an aryl alkyl ketone, alkyne, or alkene to the corresponding amide by reaction with ammonium polysulfide, named after Conrad Willgerodt. The formation of the ...

. Alongside the Willgerodt reaction, he had also discovered

Iodosobenzene Iodosobenzene or iodosylbenzene is an organoiodine compound with the empirical formula . This colourless solid compound is used as an oxo transfer reagent in research laboratories examining organic and coordination chemistry. Preparation and st ...

and

chlorobutanol Chlorobutanol (trichloro-2-methyl-2-propanol) is a preservative, sedative, hypnotic and weak local anesthetic similar in nature to chloral hydrate. It has antibacterial and antifungal properties. Chlorobutanol is typically used at a concentratio ...

. As for his career, Conrad Willgerodt was a professor at the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisg ...

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* 1841 births 1930 deaths 19th-century German chemists University of Freiburg faculty People from Goslar (district) People from the Duchy of Brunswick 20th-century German chemists {{Germany-chemist-stub