Otto Diels
German chemist
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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 diene synthesis. The pair was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1950 for their work. Wikipedia
Born: January 23, 1876, Hamburg, Germany
Died: March 7, 1954 (age 78 years), Kiel, Germany
Academic advisor: Emil Fischer
Education: Humboldt University of Berlin
Award: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1950)
Parents: Hermann Alexander Diels and Berta Diels
Doctoral students: Kurt Alder; Karl Wilhelm Rosenmund