Herbert Koch (chemist)

Herbert Koch (* May 24, 1904 in Hammersbeck, Germany) was a German chemist. Live and WorkChoose source text

Koch visited the Gymnasium in Stolberg. He then studied chemistry at the RWTH Aachen University, as well as at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.

Herbert Koch was a scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr and department head at the institute. His scientific work included the investigation of the isomerization of hydrocarbons for the octane increase. He was co-editor of the magazine "Fuel Chemistry".

Koch became known by Koch's reaction for the preparation of carboxylic acids from alkenes, water and carbon monoxide under acidic catalysis: Edit source text Single-level Edit source text

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