Fritz Mietzsch

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Fritz Mietzsch (born May 28, 1896 in Dresden , † November 29, 1958 in Wuppertal -Elberfeld) was a German chemist , known for the synthesis of sulfonamides .

Mietzsch studied chemistry from 1915 at the TH Dresden , where he received his doctorate in 1922 under Walter König . Then he was a lecturer at König in Dresden, in 1923 he went to the Bayer paint factories in Leverkusen, initially in dye research and in 1924 in the pharmaceutical department in Elberfeld . In 1939 he received power of attorney , and from 1949 he headed pharmaceutical research at Bayer AG . From 1953 he was honorary professor at the University of Bonn .

From 1927 he worked with Josef Klarer on the pharmaceutical effects of azo dyes . In 1932 this led to the development of the sulfonamides with the help of Gerhard Domagk . The first sulfonamide came onto the market in 1935 as Prontosil. Mietzsch was also involved in the search for further sulfonamides as well as in the development of the anti-malarial drug atebrine (1931, with Hans Mauss ) and from 1946 of anti-tuberculosis drugs (Conteben, Solvoteben, Neoteben).

In 1956 he received an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Dresden . In 1934 he received the Emil Fischer Medal .

Works

  • About the parallelism of cationic and anionic halochromism in polymethine dyes made from polyhydric phenols and indoles . Dresden, Technical University, dissertation, 1922
  • Therapeutically usable sulfonamide and sulfone compounds . Verlag Chemie 1945 (supplements to the journal of the Association of German Chemists 54)
  • Chemistry and economic importance of sulfonamides . Westdeutscher Verlag 1954 (= Working Group for Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia / AGF [Working Group for Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia / Natural, Engineering and Social Sciences] / Working Group for Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia) ISSN  0365-2254
  • Therapeutically usable sulfonamide and sulfone compounds . 2., rework. and strong exp. Edition. Verlag Chemie, Weinheim / Bergstrasse 1955 (= monographs on "Angewandte Chemie" and "Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik" 54)

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personal data
SURNAME Mietzsch, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1958
Place of death Wuppertal -Elberfeld