Rudolf Leuckart (chemist)

Rudolf Leuckart
Born	(1854-06-23)23 June 1854 Gießen, Germany
Died	24 July 1889(1889-07-24) (aged 35) Leipzig, Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Heidelberg, University of Leipzig
Known for	Leuckart reaction
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Göttingen

This article is about the chemist. For his father, the zoologist, see Rudolf Leuckart.

Carl Louis Rudolf Alexander Leuckart (23 June 1854 – 24 July 1889) was a German chemist who discovered the Leuckart reaction and Leuckart thiophenol reaction.

He was the son of Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (1822–1898) a renowned German zoologist. He received his PhD at the University of Leipzig in 1879 and his habilitation at University of Göttingen in 1883, where he also became professor.