1898–1973 German organic chemist and Nobel Prize winner who developed the ‘Ziegler catalysts’ used in chemical synthesis.
Keywords: synthesis; organometallic chemistry; ziegler catalysts
Ziegler, Karl
WH Brock, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002966
| Further Reading | |
| book Ziegler K (1972) "Consequences and development of an invention". Nobel Lectures, Chemistry 1963–1970, pp. 1–26. Amsterdam: Elsevier. | |
| Bawn CEH (1975) Karl Ziegler. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 21: 569–584. | |
| book Bonnesen PV (1993) "Karl Ziegler". In: James LK (ed.) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992, pp. 449–455. Washington DC: American Chemical Society. | |
| Eisch JJ (1983) Ziegler, master advocate for the unity of pure and applied chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education 60: 1009–1014. | |
| book Magill FN (1990) The Nobel Prize Winners Chemistry, vol. 2, pp. 743–754. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press. | |
| book Meinel C (1990) "Karl Ziegler". In: Holmes FL (ed.) Dictionary of Scientific Biography Supplement, vol. 18, pp. 1008–1009. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 1162–1163. New York: HW Wilson. | |
