Wilhelm Michler

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name = Wilhelm Michler


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caption = Wilhelm Michler
birth_date = birth date|1846|12|27
birth_place = Schmerbach (now Creglingen), Germany
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nationality = German
death_date = death date and age|1889|11|27|1846|12|27
death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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work_institution = ETH Zurich,
Escola Politécnica Rio de Janeiro
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doctoral_advisor = Victor Meyer
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known_for = Michler's ketone
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Wilhelm Michler (27 December 1846 – 27 November 1889) was a German chemist. He studied under Hermann von Fehling and Victor Meyer in Stuttgart and followed Meyer to the ETH Zurich in 1871. [cite journal
title = Ueber Dicarbonsäuren aus Benzoldisulfosäure
author = Victor Meyer, W. Michler
journal = Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft
volume = 8
issue =
pages = 672-674
year = 1875
url =
doi = 10.1002/cber.187500801207] Michler became Professor at the ETH Zurich in 1878. He left Europe for a journey to study the the natural products of South America in August 1881, reaching Brazil, and conducted his research between 1882 and his death in 1889. He also became Professor at the Escola Politécnica Rio de Janeiro.

He first synthesised bis(dimethylamino)benzophenone, a commercially and scientifically important compound, which is now known as Michler's ketone. [cite journal
title = Synthese aromatischer Ketone mittelst Chlorkohlenoxyd
author = W. Michler
journal = Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft
volume = 9
issue =
pages = 716-718
year = 1876
url =
doi = 10.1002/cber.187600901218] In a continuation of his research on phosgene, he studied and published widely on "N"-substituted ureas.

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