Hoffmann, Reinhold

Hoffmann, Reinhold. "Ueber Monochloresslgsaure." Annalen der Chemie 102 (1857) 1-20. 

Johannes Ranke, Frauke Stock, Reinhold Stdrmann, Kerstin Molter, Jens Hoffmann, Bernd Ondruschka, and Bernd Jastoiff... 

Reinhold Hoffmann, holograph MS entitled "Erinnerungen an A. Kekul, " dated 26 November 1900, in AKS, excerpted passim in Anschutz see esp. 1 16-17. 

Reinhold Hoffmann provided Anschutz with extensive reminiscences of their London experiences during most of the year 1854 (Hoffmann fell ill and returned to Germany that fall). He related that Kekule was not thrilled with Stenhouse or his job at St. Bartholomew s, but Kekule was accustomed to picking up Hoffmann at the Birkbeck laboratory, University College, on his way home in the late afternoon, and so he quickly became well acquainted with Williamson. 

Let us examine further details of the anecdote, to help assess its verisimilitude. Kekule said there that while in London he lived in Clapham Road for "quite a while," but we have no independent confirmation of this. In fact, we noted above that in 1854 he was sharing a flat with Reinhold Hoffmann miles away, in College Place. But Hoffmann departed in September 1854, and Kekule, having lost his roommate, may then have had to scout for less expensive lodgings. A recent search in the London Public Records Office did not reveal Kekule s residences but did unearth the fact that in 1854 Kekule s wealthy half-brother, Charles, was living at 3 Clapham Road, on the Common. So after Hoffmann s departure Kekule may well have moved into, or near, his brother s residence. We also know that Hugo Muller (the third member of the "triple... 

W. J. Burlant and A. S. Hoffmann, Block and Graft Polymers, Reinhold, New York, 1961. 

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