Carl Louis Rudolf Alexander Leuckart (23 June 1854 – 24 July 1889) was a German chemist who discovered the Leuckart reaction and Leuckart thiophenol reaction.[1]

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Rudolf Leuckart
Born(1854-06-23)23 June 1854
Died24 July 1889(1889-07-24) (aged 35)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Heidelberg,
University of Leipzig
Known forLeuckart reaction
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Göttingen
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He was the son of Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (1822–1898) a renowned German zoologist. He received his PhD at the University of Leipzig in 1879 and his habilitation at University of Göttingen in 1883, where he also became professor.

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