Freiherr Christian Johann Dietrich Theodor von Grotthuß
Born	January 20, 1785(1785-01-20) Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony
Died	March 26, 1822 (aged 37) Geddutz now Gedučiai now Lithuania

Freiherr Christian Johann Dietrich Theodor von Grotthuss (January 20, 1785 – March 26, 1822) was the originator of the first law of photochemistry in 1817, but is likely best known for his formulation of the first theory of electrolysis in 1806.^[1] This publication of Grotthuss' theory of electrolysis is often considered the first description of the so-called Grotthuss mechanism.

[edit] See also

• Grotthuss–Draper law

[edit] References

1. ^ de Grotthuss, C.J.T. (1806). "Sur la décomposition de l'eau et des corps qu'elle tient en dissolution à l'aide de l'électricité galvanique.". Ann. Chim. (Paris) 58: 54–73. 

[edit] Further reading

• Cukierman, Samuel (2006). "Et tu, Grotthuss! and other unfinished stories". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1757 (8): 876–885. doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2005.12.001. PMID 16414007. 
• Krikštopaitis, Juozas Al. (PDF). In the Wake of Volta’s Challenge: The Electrolysis Theory of Theodor Grotthuss, 1805. http://ppp.unipv.it/Collana/Pages/Libri/Saggi/Nuova%20Voltiana5_PDF/p__083-090.pdf. 
• Marx, Dominik. "Proton Transfer 200 Years after von Grotthuss: Insights from Ab Initio Simulations". ChemPhysChem 7 (9): 1848–1870. doi:10.1002/cphc.200600128. 
• Morachevskii, A. G. (2005). "Theodor Grotthuss (to 220th Anniversary of His Birthday". Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry 78 (1): 166–168. doi:10.1007/s11167-005-0250-y. 
• Ostwald, Wilhelm (1896). Electrochemistry History and Theory. 1. Leipzig: Verlag von Veit and Company.  - See pages 296 – 306 and 342 – 344 in volume 1 of the 1980 English translation (Amerind Publishing Company, New Delhi, N. P. Date, translator)

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