Kurt Vonnegut | Kurt Weill | Kurt Russell | Kurt Masur | Kurt Angle | Kurt Koffka | Kurt Gödel | Kurt Elling | Kurt Schwitters | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Kurt Hahn | Kurt Wallander | Kurt Tucholsky | Kurt Sanderling | Kurt Kren | Kurt Busiek | Kurt Lewin | Kurt Jooss | Kurt Andersen | Kurt Warner | Kurt Squire | Kurt Schmoke | Kurt Gerstein | Kurt Busch | Kurt Browning | Kurt Wiese | Kurt Waldheim | Kurt Vile | Kurt Thomas | Kurt St. Thomas |
The reaction is named after two chemists who devoted part of their careers to research into this synthetic method, the German chemist Kurt Lehmstedt and the Romanian chemist Ioan Tănăsescu.