Wilhelm Heinrich Heintz was a German structural chemist from Berlin.
Education
He initially trained and worked as a pharmacist, from 1841 he studied sciences at the University of Berlin. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy at Berlin in 1844 under Heinrich Rose, and two years later, obtained his habilitation in chemistry. At Halle, Heintz supervised Johannes Wislicenus"s Doctor of Philosophy work, although Wislicenus" pro forma advisor at Zurich was Georg Karl Andreas Städeler.
Career
With Christoph Gottfried Giebel, he was editor of the Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften. In 1853 he analyzed margaric acid as simply a combination of stearic acid and palmitic acid. He also conducted analysis of uric acid in urea, created methods for the analysis of nitrogen in organic compounds, and studied chemical reactions of chloroacetic acid and the reaction of acetone with amines.
In addition he performed chemical investigations of uranium, bismuth, cesium, rubidium and metal phosphates.
The mineral heintzite is named for him.
Membership
He was one of six founding members of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft and the only chemistry