Oscar Hinsberg


Oscar Heinrich Daniel Hinsberg was a German chemist.
Hinsberg was born in Berlin. In 1882 he obtained his doctorate in sciences at the University of Tübingen, later serving as a professor at the Universities of Freiburg and Geneva.
He is known for research involving synthesis of oxindole, sulfone and thiophene. In 1890 he introduced the "Hinsberg reaction", a test used for differentiation of primary, secondary and tertiary amines.

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