Education
Hantzsch studied chemistry in Dresden and graduated at the University of Würzburg under Johannes Wislicenus.
Hantzsch studied chemistry in Dresden and graduated at the University of Würzburg under Johannes Wislicenus.
As a professor, he taught at the Universities of Zürich, Würzburg und Leipzig. The Hantzsch pyridine synthesis, a multi-component organic reaction, is named after him, as is the Hantzsch pyrrole synthesis. His surname is correctly pronounced /Haːntʃ/ (rhymes with cattle ranch).
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.