Klaus Grohe (chemist)

Klaus Peter Grohe (* 1934 ) is a German chemist .

Life

Grohe studied chemistry at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . In 1964, he was there with a thesis on the synthesis of pyridine derivatives doctorate . He began his professional activity in 1965 in the main scientific laboratory of Bayer AG in Leverkusen , for many years as head of the central laboratory and head of research.

As a research chemist, he has carried out fundamental work in the field of drug development and production and transferred scientific ideas from basic research into marketable and successful products. He developed a special method of synthesis for pharmaceutical research, the so-called Grohe process . He was u. a. 1981 inventor of the broad spectrum antibiotic ciprofloxacin , which is still one of the world's best-selling antibiotics today. In 1997 he retired.

In 2001 he and his wife Eva founded the Klaus Grohe Foundation at the Society of German Chemists (GDCh). The foundation's assets are 200,000 euros. The aim of the foundation is to interest highly qualified scientists in drug research. In 2004, for the first time, three young researchers were awarded the Klaus Grohe Prize for Medicinal Chemistry for outstanding doctoral theses . In addition, Dr. Grohe and his wife received the Eva and Klaus Grohe Prize , endowed with 20,000 euros , which was awarded to outstanding young scientists by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in 2004.

In 2001 he was honored with the Otto Bayer Medal for his life's work . In 2005 he was awarded the Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for the development of highly effective antibiotics .

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• Leverkusen researchers honored for their inventions. Minister Pinkwart presents the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class to Dr. Klaus Grohe . December 9, 2005