Peter Metz (chemist)
Peter Metz (born December 23, 1953 in Wuppertal ) is a German chemist. He is a retired professor for organic chemistry at the TU Dresden .
Metz studied chemistry in Münster with a diploma in 1979 and a doctorate with Hans Jürgen Schäfer in 1983. As a post-doctoral student he was with Barry Trost at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . In 1991 he completed his habilitation in Münster and, after substitute professorships in Hamburg (1992/93) and Kiel (1994), became professor at the TU Dresden in 1996 .
It deals with the total synthesis of biologically relevant natural substances ( diterpenes , sesquiterpenes , Morphine , flavonoids , Epidithiodiketopiperazine , zaragozic , macrodiolides ), pericyclic reactions, organometallic catalysis , the representation and synthesis of sulfur heterocycles and chemistry under extremely high pressure.
He is one of the authors of the Organikum .
Fonts
- Editor: Stereoselective heterocyclic synthesis, 3 volumes, Springer 1997, 1998, 2001.
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| SURNAME | Metz, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wuppertal |