Otto Paul Hermann Diels

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950

“for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis”

Otto Paul Hermann Diels was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1950 for the discovery and development of the diene synthesis. The reaction is commonly known as the Diels–Alder reaction. He was affiliated with Kiel University.

Field

Chemistry · Organic Chemistry

Lifespan

1876–1954