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{{Short description|German chemist (1850–1902)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = HandsHans pervon Pechmann
| image = HandsHans perv PerchmannPechmann ca1899.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_date = 1 April 18691850
| birth_place = [[Nürnberg]], [[Kingdom of Bavaria]], [[German Empire]]
| nationality = German
|residence = [[Germany]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1902|4|19|1850|4|1|df=y}}
|nationality = German
| death_place = [[Tübingen]], [[Kingdom of Württemberg]], [[German Empire]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1902|4|19|1850|4|1|df=y}}
| field = [[organic chemistry]]
|death_place = [[Tübingen]]
| work_institution = [[University of Munich]] [[University of Tübingen]]
|field = [[organic chemistry]]
|work_institution =alma_mater [[University of Munich]] = [[University of TübingenGreifswald]]
| doctoral_advisor = [[Heinrich Limpricht]]
|alma_mater = [[University of Greifswald]]
| doctoral_students = [[William Hobson Mills]] [[Julius B. Cohen]]
|doctoral_advisor = [[Heinrich Limpricht]]
|doctoral_students known_for = [[WilliamPechmann Hobson Millscondensation]] [[Julius B. CohenDiazomethane]]
| prizes =
|known_for = [[Pechmann condensation]] [[Diazomethane]]
| religion =
|prizes =
| footnotes =
|religion =
}}'''Hans Freiherr{{efn|{{German title Freiherr}}}} von Pechmann''' (1 April 1850 – 19 April 1902) was a German [[chemist]], renowned for his discovery of [[diazomethane]] in 1894.<ref>{{cite journal
|footnotes =
}}'''Hans von Pechmann''' (1 April 1850 – 19 April 1902) was a German [[chemist]], renowned for his discovery of [[diazomethane]] in 1894.<ref>{{cite journal
| author= H. von Pechmann
| title = Ueber Diazomethan
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Von Pechmann also produced the first example of solid [[polyethylene]] [[serendipitous]]ly in 1898, via the decomposition of diazomethane.
 
==Life==
HeVon Pechmann was born in [[Nürnberg]], the only son of a doctor, who was also named Hans. The von Pechmanns had distinguished themselves as soldiers; in 1702, von Pechmann's ancestor Martin Günther von Pechmann, a general of artillery in the Bavarian army, had been raised to the rank of a baron of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] by [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold I]].<ref name="bio"/> After studying with [[Heinrich Limpricht]] at the [[University of Greifswald]] he became Professorprofessor at the [[University of Munich]] till 1895. He was professor at the [[University of Tübingen]] from 1895 until his death. He killed himself by taking cyanide, aged 52.<ref name="bio">{{cite journal | doi = 10.1002/cber.190303604134 | title = Hans von Pechmann | year = 1903 | last1 = Koenigs | first1 = Wilhelm | journal = Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft | volume = 36 | pages = 4417–4511 | issue = 4| url = https://zenodo.org/record/1426084 }}</ref>
 
==Works==
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==See also==
*[[German inventors and discoverers]]
 
== Notes ==
{{notelist}}
 
==References==
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[[Category:Suicides in Germany]]
[[Category:1902 suicides]]
[[Category:1902 deaths]]