Otto Diels

Otto Paul Hermann Diels was a German chemist. His most notable work was done with Kurt Alder on the Diels–Alder reaction, a method for cyclohexene synthesis. The pair was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1950 for their work.

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Who was born first?

• Otto Diels and Willem Hendrik Keesom were born the same year
• Otto Diels and John James Rickard Macleod were born the same year
• Otto Diels and Walter Sydney Adams were born the same year
• Otto Diels and William Sealy Gosset were born the same year
• Otto Diels and Tatyana Afanasyeva were born the same year

Timeline

1. John James Rickard MacleodSeptember 6, 1876 – March 16, 1935
2. Otto Diels (this page)January 23, 1876 – March 7, 1954
3. Tatyana AfanasyevaNovember 19, 1876 – April 14, 1964
4. Walter Sydney AdamsDecember 20, 1876 – May 11, 1956
5. Willem Hendrik KeesomJune 21, 1876 – March 1956
6. William Sealy GossetJune 13, 1876 – October 16, 1937

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