About Anton Köllisch
Lived 1888 – 1916 (aged 28). Anton Köllisch was a chemist.
Anton Köllisch (16 March 1888 – September 1916) was a German chemist who, while working in Darmstadt for pharmaceutical giant Merck, first described the synthesis of the chemical MDMA.
Life and work In 1911, Köllisch published his doctoral dissertation on the topic of indole synthesis from hydrazones under Otto Diels at the University of Berlin.
While at Merck, Dr Köllisch was involved in investigating syntheses for methylhydrastinine and hydrastinine. A procedural patent was filed on Christmas Eve 1912 relating to these syntheses, which mentioned MDMA without name as a chemical intermediate.
He was killed in the First World War.
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Who was Anton Köllisch?
German chemist
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Anton Köllisch was born on 16 March 1888 in Mannheim.
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Anton Köllisch died on 1 September 1916.
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Anton Köllisch was a chemist.
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Anton Köllisch's recorded nationality: Grand Duchy of Baden.
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