That reaction uses aqueous silver oxide to yield an alkene from a primary amine in an "exhaustive methylation.
This chemist's work was pilfered by a lab assistant who clandestinely carried out experiments that led to the creation of Mauveine Â– a coveted purple dye Â– and drew from this man's work describing the nature of aniline, which undergoes thermal rearrangement in a reaction he co-names with Martius. This man also names a reaction that classically uses bromine to remove a carbon from an amide and is closely related to the (*) Curtius Rearrangement. His best-known reaction usually results in the major product being the least stable per his eponymous rule contrasted with those named for Zaitsev and Markovnikov. That reaction uses aqueous silver oxide to yield an alkene from a primary amine in an "exhaustive methylation." For 10 points, name this German chemist with a namesake "elimination" who mostly shares a surname with the a man who developed some rules governing pericyclic reactions with R.B. Woodward.
This chemist's work was pilfered by a lab assistant who clandestinely carried out experiments that led to the creation of Mauveine Â– a coveted purple dye Â– and drew from this man's work describing the nature of aniline, which undergoes thermal rearrangement in a reaction he co-names with Martius.
August Wilhelm von Hofmann [that other dude is Roald Hoffmann]