Beginning in 1866, Tiemann studied pharmacy at the
TU Braunschweig where he graduated in 1869. In 1874
Wilhelm Haarmann and Tiemann started a company, after they discovered the synthesis of
vanillin from
coniferyl alcohol. The vanillin plant Holzminden was not very successful before
Karl Reimer discovered the
Reimer-Tiemann reaction which opened an alternative synthesis route to vanillin. In 1882 Tiemann became a professor at the
University of Berlin.. He was involved in the first synthesis of
Jonon a compound of the sweet violet (
Viola odorata), which became a huge success for Harmann & Reimer company. August Wilhelm von Hofmann married Berta the younger sister of Ferdinand Tiemann. ==Works==