Otto Dimroth

Otto Dimroth (28 March 1872 – 16 May 1940) was a German chemist. He is known for the Dimroth rearrangement,^[1][2] as well as a type of condenser with an internal double spiral, the Dimroth condenser. He made pioneering contributions to organomercury chemistry.^[3][4]

Otto Dimroth
Born	28 March 1872 Bayreuth, German Empire
Died	16 May 1940(1940-05-16) (aged 68) Aschaffenburg, Germany
Nationality	German
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Greifswald, University of Munich, University of Würzburg
Doctoral advisor	Johannes Thiele

His son Karl Dimroth was also a renowned chemist, who described the first synthesis of 3-benzoxepin.^[5][6]