In 1944 he succeeded the head of the organic chemistry department Wilhelm Schlenk at the University of Tübingen.
The ministry of education ensured him that he will succeeded Wilhelm Schlenk as head of the chemistry institute of the University of Berliner, this never happened.
The Schlenk equilibrium, named after its discoverer Wilhelm Schlenk, is a chemical equilibrium taking place in solutions of Grignard reagents.
A Schlenk flask, or Schlenk tube is a reaction vessel typically used in air sensitive chemistry, invented by Wilhelm Schlenk.
The Schlenk line (also vacuum gas manifold) is a commonly used chemistry apparatus developed by Wilhelm Schlenk.
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