Max Bockmühl
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| Born | 2 September 1882 Inventor, chemist |
Max Bockmühl (2 September 1882 – 5 January 1949) was a
inventor and chemist
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Life
Bockmühl studied chemistry and pharmacy. He worked as chemist in Germany. Together with
I.G. Farbenindustrie AG at the Farbwerke Hoechst, the pair developed Methadone in Germany, 1937, a drug synthesised from 1,1-diphenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid and dimethylamino-2-chloropropane, as they were looking for a synthetic opioid that could be created with readily available precursors, to solve Germany's opium shortage problem.[1]
Bockmühl was married.
References
- ^ Max Bockmuhl, Über eine neue Klasse von analgetisch wirkenden Verbindungen Ann. Chem. 561, 52 (1948)
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