Charles Romley Alder Wright
Charles Romley Alder Wright (* 1844 in Southend , Essex , † July 25, 1894 ) was a British chemist.
Wright was a lecturer in chemistry at St Mary's Hospital, London .
From 1874 he succeeded in elucidating the constitution of morphine as part of the structural elucidation of various alkaloids and terpenes . He produced diacetylmorphine ( heroin ) for the first time by acetylating morphine . He also used acid anhydrides such as acetic anhydride for gentle acetylation .
He had the pharmacological use of heroin examined by Frederick M. Pierce at Owens College .
In 1881 he became a member of the Royal Society .
At the same time with C. Thompson he developed a fuel cell .
Works
- CRA Wright: On the action of organic acids and their anhydrides on the natural alkaloids. Part I . In: J. Chem. Soc. 27 , 1031-1043 (1874) doi : 10.1039 / JS8742701031 . - Brief report from November 14, 1874 in Ber. d. German Chem. Ges. 7 , 1550 (1874). - Chemisches Zentralblatt p. 36 .
- GH Beckett, CR Alder Wright: Action of the organic acids and their anhydrides on the natural alkaloids. Part II . Butyryl and benzoyl derivatives of morphine and codeine J. Chem. Soc. 28 , 15-26 (1875) doi : 10.1039 / JS8752800015
- George Henry Beckett (1855-1923), CR Alder Wright: On the action of the organic acids and their anhydrides on the natural alkaloids. Part III J. Chem. Soc. 28 , 312-325 (1875) doi : 10.1039 / JS8752800312 . - Brief report from January 15, 1875 in Ber. d. German Chem. Ges. 8 , 119 (1875). - Chemisches Zentralblatt, p. 180 .
- GH Beckett, CR Alder Wright: On the action of the organic acids and their anhydrides on the natural alkaloids. Part IV . J. Chem. Soc. 28 , 689-699 (1875) doi : 10.1039 / JS8752800689
- GH Beckett, CR Alder Wright: On the action of the organic acids and their anhydrides on the natural alkaloids. Part V . J. Chem. Soc. 29 , 652-659 (1876) doi : 10.1039 / JS8762900652 - short report from June 4, 1875 in Ber. d. German Chem. Ges. 8 , 779 (1875). - Chemisches Zentralblatt, p. 549 .
- The threshold of science: a variety of simple and amusing experiments illustrating some of the chief physical and chemical properties of surrounding objects, and the effects upon them of light and heat. London: Griffin, 1891
- Animal and vegetable fixed oils, fats, butters, and waxes: their preparation and properties, and the manufacture therefrom of candles, soaps, and other products. London: Grifin, 1903
- CR Alder Wright, C. Thompson: Note on the Development of Voltaic Electricity by Atmospheric Oxidation of Combustible Gasses and other Substances . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 46 (1889), pp. 372-376
Web links
- nzzfolio.ch: "My body was a smile" (history of morphine)
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| SURNAME | Wright, Charles Romley Alder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Southend , Essex |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1894 |