Theodor Curtius

Theodor Curtius
Theodor Curtius, approx. 1880
Born
Julius Wilhelm Theodor Curtius

(1857-05-27)27 May 1857
Died8 February 1928(1928-02-08) (aged 70)
Heidelberg, Weimar Republic
Known forCurtius rearrangement
Büchner–Curtius–Schlotterbeck reaction
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Heidelberg
Doctoral advisorHermann Kolbe

Geheimrat Julius Wilhelm Theodor Curtius (27 May 1857 – 8 February 1928) was professor of Chemistry at Heidelberg University and elsewhere. He published the Curtius rearrangement in 1890/1894 and also discovered diazoacetic acid, hydrazine and hydrazoic acid.In 1882 he carried out the first ever peptide synthesis, creating the N-protected dipeptide, benzoylglycylglycine[1]

  1. ^ Jaradat, Da’san M. M. (2018-01-01). "Thirteen decades of peptide synthesis: key developments in solid phase peptide synthesis and amide bond formation utilized in peptide ligation". Amino Acids. 50 (1): 39–68. doi:10.1007/s00726-017-2516-0. ISSN 1438-2199. PMID 29185032. S2CID 254087824.

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