Friedrich Sauter

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Friedrich Sauter (1996)

Friedrich Sauter , also Fritz Sauter (born May 23, 1930 in Vienna ; † April 18, 2020 ) was an Austrian chemist and emeritus university professor for organic chemistry at the Technical University of Vienna . His main research interests were organic synthesis, especially that of new heterocyclic systems in connection with pharmaceutical research , and organic-chemical archaeometry .

Live and act

Friedrich Sauter was born as the son of Anton and Margarete Sauter in Vienna , where he also attended school and the secondary school. From 1948 to 1957 he studied chemistry at the University of Vienna , where he specialized in the field of organic chemistry after completing his basic studies and carried out his dissertation on the synthesis of new phenothiazine derivatives under Otto Hromatka ; his doctorate as Dr. phil. took place in 1957. During his chemistry studies and his early assistant years, he also studied botany and zoology at the University of Vienna.

After working part-time as an assistant during the dissertation, Sauter was an assistant at the University of Vienna (1957–1963) and at the Technical University of Vienna (1963–1970). After several short study stays at the University of Salford , he received his habilitation in organic chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology in 1970 and there in 1973 he was also appointed associate professor. From 1973 until his retirement he was also head of the department for organic synthesis at the Institute for Organic Chemistry at the TH Vienna.

In 1978 he was appointed full professor for organic chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology and at the same time was appointed head of the Institute for Organic Chemistry (today Institute for Applied Synthetic Chemistry). In 1998 he retired and since then has been particularly concerned with archaeometric research and lecturing. Sauter died on April 18, 2020.

He was married to Susanne Sauter († 1998) since 1954.

Professional activities

Organic chemical synthesis

Sauter's research focused on the synthesis and reactions of heterocyclic compounds , with derivatives of over a hundred new heterocyclic ring systems (including many spiro systems) being synthesized and new methods being developed. His research results have been published in numerous publications and through lectures at specialist conferences. Cooperation with pharmaceutical companies led to international patents .

He was the organizer or co-organizer of various specialist conferences such as the 17th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry (1999).

He was also the initiator of two regular international conferences: the Ibn Sina International Conference on Pure and Applied Heterocyclic Chemistry (from 2018: Ibn Sina Arab Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry and its Applications ), which takes place in different locations in Egypt , and the Blue Danube Symposium on Heterocyclic Chemistry , which is held regularly in one of the five participating countries.

Archaeometry

Sauter is one of the early specialists within archaeometry who dealt with the field of organic chemical archaeometry . Typical examples of his research in this area are both his extensive work on the multifunctional birch bark used in prehistoric times (probably the oldest organic-technological product in Europe after alcohol), as well as his analyzes of traces of lipids obtained from prehistoric ceramic fragments were won. The results of such investigations were, for example, that Ötzi - the man from the Similaun glacier - had stuck arrowheads to the shafts with this pitch, and that milk was contained in a vessel found in Troy . For such investigations, he set up a separate research group for organic-chemical archaeometry at the Vienna University of Technology.

Together with Leopold Puchinger (Vienna University of Technology), he was the Austrian partner in a three-year multinational EU research project that dealt with ancient to recently autochthonous organic dyes.

Functions

  • Chairman of the chemistry department at the Technical University of Vienna (1997 until retirement)
  • Member of the Academic Senate of the Technical University of Vienna (1997)
  • Vice President of the International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry (1998–1999)
  • Board member of the Society of Austrian Chemists (GÖCh); Head of the GÖCh branch in Vienna for two terms of office; three terms of office chairman of the GÖCh working group chemistry of heterocycles, which he founded
  • Member of the editorial board of various specialist journals
  • Committee member of today's Austrian Society for Prehistory and Protohistory (permanent since 1976); two terms of office of vice-president (1964–1969)

Honors

Publications (selection)

Heterocyclic chemistry

  • F. Sauter and W. Deinhammer: Contributions to the chemistry of sulfur-containing heterocycles, 6th edition: A rearrangement reaction of 6-oxo-6H-benz [b] indeno [1,2-d] thiophene /month. f. Chemie 101, 544-550 (1970)
  • F. Sauter and W. Deinhammer: Synthesis of thieno [2,3-d] -1,2,3-triazine and [1] benzothieno [2,3-d] -1,2,3-triazine derivatives / Monthly f. Chemie 104, 1586 (1973)
  • F. Sauter, W. Deinhammer and P. Stanetty: Cyclization reactions to thiazolo [3,2-a] thieno [2,3-d] pyrimidines / monthly. f. Chemie 105, 1258-1265 (1974)
  • F. Sauter, P. Stanetty, E. Hetzl and F. Fuhrmann: Thiamorphinans I / J. Heterocyclic Chem. 20, 1477-1480 (1983)
  • F. Sauter, P. Stanetty and F. Fuhrmann: Thiamorphinane II /months. f. Chemie 116, 263-272 (1985)
  • P. Stanetty, H. Fröhlich and F. Sauter: Regioselective reductions of cyclic thienospiro anhydrides /months. f. Chemie 117, 69-88 (1986)
  • U. Jordis, F. Sauter, M. Rudolf and Gan Cai: Syntheses of new quinolone chemotherapeutic agents, 1st communication: pyridochinolines and pyridophenanthrolines as “lin-benzo-nalidixic acid” derivatives / monthly. f. Chemie 119, 761-780 (1988)
  • F. Sauter, U. Jordis, P. Martinek and Gan Cai: Syntheses of new quinolone chemotherapeutic agents, 4th edition: Pyrido [3,2,1-gh] [1,7] phenanthroline and benzo [i, j] quinolizine carboxylic acids / Scientia Pharmaceutica 57, 7-20 (1989)
  • F. Sauter, P. Stanetty and E. Hetzl: 2-phenyl-3-benzo [b] thiophenamine: lipid lowering agents based on benzo [b] thiophene / Scientia Pharmaceutica 59, 181-190 (1991)
  • F. Sauter, P. Stanetty, W. Ramer and W. Sittenthaler: Fungizide Pyridinderivate, 4th edition: -Trichlormethyl-3-pyridinmethanole / monthly. f. Chemie 122, 879-885 (1991)
  • F. Sauter and P. Stütz: Dibenzothiophen / book contribution in Houben-Weyl: Methods of organic chemistry , vol. 6a: Hetarene I, part I (Georg Thieme Verl. 1994)

Archaeometry

  • F. Sauter, EWH Hayek, W. Moche and U. Jordis: Betulin from archaeological smoldering tar / Z. Naturforsch. 42c, 1151-1152 (1987)
  • F. Sauter, U. Jordis and E. Hayek: Chemical investigations of the cement shaft materials in Der Mann im Eis Vol.1 / Publications of the University of Innsbruck 187, 435–441, (1992)
  • J. Fröhlich, C. Hametner, F. Sauter and A. Graf: Identification of betulin in prehistoric pitch finds using 13C-NMR spectroscopy / Berlin contributions to archaeometry, 16, 241–250 (1999)
  • F. Sauter, U. Jordis, A. Graf, W. Werther and K. Varmuza: Studies in Organic Archaeometry I - Identification of the prehistoric adhesive used by the Tyrolean Iceman to fix his weapons / ARKIVOC 2000, Part (v), No. . 7, p. 735-747
  • F. Sauter, L. Puchinger, A. Graf and D. Thumm: Studies in Organic Archaeometry II - Analysis of the ancient content of a flask excavated in Troia / ARKIVOC 2001, Part (iii), No. 4, p. 22-25
  • F. Sauter, A. Graf, C. Hametner and J. Fröhlich: Studies in Organic Archaeometry III - Prehistoric adhesives: alternatives to birch bark pitch could be ruled out / ARKIVOC 2001, Part (v), No. 3, p. 21-24
  • F. Sauter, A. Graf, C. Hametner, J. Fröhlich, J.-W. Neugebauer and F. Preinfalk: Studies in Organic Archaeometry IV - Analysis of an organic agglutinant used to fix Iron-age clay figurines to their base / ARKIVOC 2002, Part (i), No. 6, p. 35-39
  • F. Sauter, K. Varmuza, W. Werther, and P. Stadler: Studies in Organic Archaeometry V - Chemical analysis of organic material found in traces on a Neolithic terracotta Venus statuette excavated in Lower Austria / ARKIVOC 2002, Part (i), No. 9, p. 54-60
  • F. Sauter, L. Puchinger and U.-D. Schoop: Studies in Organic Archaeometry VI - Fat analysis sheds light on everyday life in prehistoric Anatolia: Traces of lipids identified in chalcolithic potsherds excavated near Boğazkale, Central Turkey / ARKIVOC 2003, Part (xv, general papers), No. 3, pp. 15-21
  • L. Puchinger, F. Sauter, S. Leder and K. Varmuza: Studies in Organic Archaeometry VII - Differentiation of Wood and Bark Pitches by Pyrolysis Capillary Gas Chromatography (Py-CGC) In: Annali di Chimica (by Società Chimica Italiana ) 97 (2007), number 7, pp. 513-525. doi : 10.1002 / adic.200790034
  • F. Sauter and L. Puchinger: Studies in Organic Archaeometry VIII - Archaeometry of Birch Bark Pitch / Archäolog. Corr. Sheet (RGZM Mainz) 2018, part 4, 595–604

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bulletin of the Vienna University of Technology (edition 16/2020) (published on April 23, 2020)
  2. ↑ TU WIen business card. In: TISS - TU Wien Information Systems & Services. TU Wien, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Conference Announcements. In: Chemistry International, Vol. 21, No. 2, March 1999. IUPAC, accessed June 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ 13th IBN SINA International Conference on Pure and Applied Heterocyclic Chemistry. In: BrownWalker Press. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
  5. ^ Conference issue ISACHC 2018. In: Egyptian Journal of Chemistry. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
  6. ^ Heterocyclic chemistry in a Blue Danube context. In: Monthly books for chemistry - Chemical Monthly. Springer Vienna, April 4, 2018, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Studies in organic archaeometry I: Identification of the prehistoric adhesive used by the "Tyrolean Iceman" to fix his weapons. In: ARKIVOC - Archive for Organic Chemistry. October 11, 2000, accessed June 12, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Studies in organic archaeometry II1: analysis of the ancient content of a flask excavated at Troy. In: ARKIVOC - Archive for Organic Chemistry. February 22, 2001, accessed June 12, 2019 .
  9. ↑ EU Project: Investigation, Revival and Optimization of Traditional Mediterranean Coloring Technology for the Conservation of the Cultural Heritage (INCO CT 2005 015406 Med-Color-Tech).
personal data
SURNAME Sauter, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sauter, Friedrich Herbert; Sauter, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian chemist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 2020