page_title: Eugen Baumann
section_title: Schotten-Baumann reaction
hierarchical_section_title: Eugen Baumann / Schotten-Baumann reaction
caption_attribution_description: Schotten-Baumann Reaction forming N-benzyl acetamide.
context_page_description: Eugen Baumann was a German chemist. He was one of the first people to create polyvinyl chloride, and, together with Carl Schotten, he discovered the Schotten-Baumann reaction.
context_section_description: During his work at the physiological institute, Baumann, together with Carl Schotten, discovered a method to synthesize amides from amines and acid chlorides; this method is still known as the Schotten-Baumann reaction.
caption: An example of a Schotten-Baumann reaction. Benzylamine reacts with acetyl chloride under Schotten-Baumann conditions to form N-benzyl acetamide.
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