Max Bockmühl (2 September 1882 – 5 January 1949) was a

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inventor and

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Life

Bockmühl studied chemistry and pharmacy. He worked as chemist in Germany. Together with

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working for I.G. Farbenindustrie AG at the Farbwerke Hoechst, the pair developed

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in Germany, 1937, a drug synthesised from 1,1-diphenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid and dimethylamino-2-chloropropane, as they were looking for a synthetic opioid that could be created with readily available precursors, to solve Germany's opium shortage problem.Max Bockmuhl, Über eine neue Klasse von analgetisch wirkenden Verbindungen Ann. Chem. 561, 52 (1948) Bockmühl was married.

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