Max Bockmühl (2 September 1882 – 5 January 1949) was a German inventor and chemist.

Max Bockmühl
Born(1882-09-02)2 September 1882
Died5 January 1949(1949-01-05) (aged 66)
Occupation(s)Inventor, chemist
40mg of Methadone

Life

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Bockmühl studied chemistry and pharmacy. He worked as chemist in Germany. Together with Gustav Ehrhart working for 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

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  1. ^ Max Bockmuhl, Über eine neue Klasse von analgetisch wirkenden Verbindungen Ann. Chem. 561, 52 (1948)