Josef Klarer
Josef Klarer (born January 10, 1898 in Munich , † June 21, 1953 in Wuppertal -Elberfeld) was a German chemist, known for the development of sulfonamides .
Klarer studied mechanical engineering from 1918 and then chemistry from 1920 at the TH Munich , where he received his doctorate in 1926 under Hans Fischer . In 1927 he went to the pharmaceutical laboratory of IG Farben in Elberfeld .
From 1927 he worked with Fritz Mietzsch on the pharmaceutical effects of azo dyes , which in 1932 led to the development of sulfonamides with the help of Gerhard Domagk . The first sulfonamide came onto the market in 1935 as Prontosil . Klarer was also involved in the search for other sulfonamides such as Uliron against gonococci in 1935, Marfanil in 1938 and Marbadal in 1943/44.
literature
- Robert Behnisch: Sure, Josef. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , pp. 709 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Lexicon of important chemists by Winfried R. Pötsch (lead); Annelore Fischer; Wolfgang Müller. With the collaboration of Heinz Cassebaum . Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1988 ISBN 3-323-00185-0 , p. 239.
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| SURNAME | Sure, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1953 |
| Place of death | Wuppertal -Elberfeld |