Othmar Zeidler
Othmar Zeidler (born August 29, 1850 in Vienna , † June 17, 1911 in Mauer near Vienna ) was an Austrian chemist . As part of his inaugural dissertation ( doctoral thesis ), Zeidler synthesized the compound dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane for the first time , which later became very important as an insecticide, DDT.
Zeidler's doctoral thesis at the University of Strasbourg under the direction of Adolf von Baeyer had a purely chemical-scientific background. Zeidler did not recognize the importance of the substance he synthesized and did not experience its use. The insecticidal properties of DDT were not recognized until more than 60 years later by Paul Hermann Müller .
Zeidler returned to Vienna after completing his studies , where he later took over the pharmacy Zum Archangel Michael in Vienna XV .
Works
- Contribution to knowledge of the connections between aldehydes and aromatic hydrocarbons . Inaugural dissertation of the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Strasbourg i. E., presented by Othmar Zeidler from Vienna (Austria) (Vienna 1873)
- Othmar Zeidler (1874): Compounds of chloral with bromobenzene and chlorobenzene . Reports of the German Chemical Society 7 (2): 1180–1181. doi : 10.1002 / cber.18740070278
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kurt Ryslavy: Materials for the history of pharmacies and pharmacists of Lower Austria . Österreichische Apotheker-Verlagsgesellschaft, Vienna 1991, ISBN 9783852000848 , p. 415.
- ↑ Oesterreichische Chemiker-Zeitung No. 13 (1911), p. 169.
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| SURNAME | Zeidler, Othmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian chemist and pharmacist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1911 |
| Place of death | Wall near Vienna |