Karl Andreas Hofmann

Karl Andreas Hofmann
Born	(1870-04-02)2 April 1870 Ansbach, Germany
Died	15 October 1940(1940-10-15) (aged 70) Germany
Nationality	German
Doctoral advisor	Adolf von Baeyer

Karl Andreas Hofmann (1870 – 1940) was a German inorganic chemist.^[1] He is best known for his discovery of a family of clathrates which consist of a 2-D metal cyanide sheet, with every second metal also bound axially to two other ligands. These materials have been named 'Hofmann clathrates' in his honour.

Works

Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie . Vieweg, Braunschweig 2nd ed. 1919 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

References

↑ Weidenhagen, R. (1940). "Sitzung am 11. November 1940". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft (A and B Series) 73 (12): A157. doi:10.1002/cber.19400731203.

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