Anton Köllisch
Anton Köllisch (16 March 1888 – September 1916) was a German chemist who, whilst working at
Life and work
In 1911, Köllisch published his doctoral dissertation on the topic of
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.[1]
He was killed in the
First World War
.
References
- ^ PMID 16911722.
- ^ Köllisch: Zur Kenntnis des Diacetyls. I. Über die Brauchbarkeit der Diacetylphenylhydrazone für Kondensationen. II. Über Versuche zur Ueberführung des Diacetyls in eine Ketotetrose, Inaugural-Dissertation, Berlin: E. Ebering 1911 Hochspringen↑
- ISSN 1099-0682.
Bibliography
- Germany, Kaiserliches Patentamt, Patentschrift Nr 274350, http://mdma.net/merck/mdma-patent1.html
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