Rolf Huisgen

Rolf Huisgen
Rolf Huisgen in 2004
Born	13 June 1920 Gerolstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Died	26 March 2020(2020-03-26) (aged 99) Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Alma mater	University of Munich
Known for	1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction
Awards	1960 Centenary Prize 1961 Liebig Medal 1979 Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics
Scientific career
Fields	Chemist
Institutions	University of Munich
Doctoral advisor	Heinrich Otto Wieland

Rolf Huisgen (German: ['huːzgɛn]; 13 June 1920 – 26 March 2020) was a German chemist. His importance in synthetic organic chemistry extends to the enormous influence he had in post-war chemistry departments in Germany and Austria, due to a large number of his habilitants becoming professors. His major achievement was the development of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction, also called the Huisgen cycloaddition.