Studied chemistry at Würzburg 1980 PhD, Würzburg 1980-1987 Postdoctoral research, Colorado, Fort Collins, USA 1987 Habilitation, LMU Munich 1988-1993 Privatdozent, Munich 1993-1994 Temporary replacement professor, Kiel Since 1995 Apl. Professor, LMU Munich

Elucidation of Reaction Mechanisms Synthetic Methods

Michael Ernd, Manfred Heuschmann, and Hendrik Zipse, Helv. Chim. Acta 2005, 88, 1491 - 1518: Cycloaddition of Aryl-Substituted 1,2,4-Triazines with 2-Cyclopropylidene-1,3-dimethylimidazolidine - Zwitterions as Discrete Intermediates. Klaus-Peter Hartmann and Manfred Heuschmann, Tetrahedron 2000, 56, 4213 - 4218: Steric Effects on the Regioselectivity in Two-Step Diels-Alder Reactions of 1,2,4,5-Tetrazines with 2-Cyclopropylidene-4,5-dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-imidazolidine.

Manfred Heuschmann, Chem. Ber. 1988, 121, 39 - 49: Mehrstufige inverse Diels-Alder-Reaktionen von 1,3-Dimethyl-2-methylenimidazolidin mit 2,4-Hexadiensäure-methylestern.