Julius Tröger

Julius Tröger
Born	October 10, 1862(1862-10-10) Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony
Died	July 29, 1942(1942-07-29) (aged 79) Brunswick, Germany
Residence	Germany
Nationality	German
Fields	organic chemistry
Institutions	University of Braunschweig
Alma mater	University of Leipzig
Doctoral advisor	Ernst von Meyer
Known for	Tröger's base

Julius Tröger (October 10, 1862 – July 29, 1942) was a German chemist.

Tröger studied at the University of Leipzig from 1882 till 1888. During his Ph.D. he synthesized in 1887 2,8-Dimethyl-6H,12H-5,11-methanodibenzo-[b,f][1,5]diazocine from p-toluidine and formaldehyde. This substance is now known as the Tröger's base. Because he was not able to give a structure of the new compound Johannes Wislicenus, the new director of the department, assigned a mediocre grade for Trögers thesis. It took another 48 years to confirm the structure of Tröger's base. In 1888 he started working at the University of Braunschweig where he stayed until his retirement in 1928. Tröger died in Brunswick.

References

• "Der Note Drei folgte später Ruhm Nach dem Chemie-Doktoranden Julius Tröger ist eine Base benannt". http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~unineu/journal/0503/0503ul_journal.pdf.