Conrad Willgerodt

Conrad Willgerodt
Born(1841-11-02)2 November 1841
Harlingerode, Duchy of Brunswick, today Bad Harzburg, Germany
Died19 December 1930(1930-12-19) (aged 89)
Germany
Known forWillgerodt reaction
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Freiburg
Doctoral advisorAdolf Karl Ludwig Claus

Conrad Heinrich Christoph Willgerodt (2 November 1841 – 19 December 1930) was a German chemist who first described the Willgerodt reaction. Alongside the Willgerodt reaction, he had also discovered Iodosobenzene and chlorobutanol and several nitrophenol ethers.

As for his career, Conrad Willgerodt was a professor at the University of Freiburg.

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