| Abstract: | With his name Dr. Otto Liebknecht got a big burden. He was born as son of Wilhelm Liebknecht, one of the leaders of the German Social Democratic movement. His brother was Karl Liebknecht, founder of the Communist Spartakusbund. After finishing his studies in Chemistry in 1899 at the University of Berlin Liebknecht had to look for a long time until he got an employment at Degussa in Frankfurt. it turned out to be a big fortune for the company to get the new staff member. Liebknecht developed a production process for sodium perborate, a big and successfull beaching agent in detergents until today, After a dispute about royalities Liebknecht quit his job at Degussa after 25 years and worked with other German companies. In his last years he was appointed Professor of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Berlin. |
