Hans Theodor Bucherer

Hans Theodor Bucherer was a German chemist and gave name to several chemical reactions, for example the Bucherer carbazole synthesis, the Bucherer reaction, and the Bucherer–Bergs reaction

Life

Bucherer started studying chemistry at the University of Munich, University of Karlsruhe and later with Johannes Wislicenus at the University of Leipzig. After he received his Ph.D. in 1893 he worked at BASF. He became professor at the Technische Hochschule in Dresden in 1901, changed to the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg in 1913 and became professor at the Technische Hochschule München in 1926.