Wilhelm Michler

Wilhelm Michler
Born	December 27, 1846 Schmerbach (now Creglingen), Germany
Died	November 27, 1889 (aged 42) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	German
Institutions	ETH Zurich, Escola Politécnica Rio de Janeiro
Doctoral advisor	Victor Meyer
Known for	Michler's ketone

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.^[1] Michler became Professor at the ETH Zurich in 1878. He left Europe for a journey to study 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.^[2] In a continuation of his research on phosgene, he studied and published widely on N-substituted ureas.

References

1. Victor Meyer, W. Michler (1875). "Ueber Dicarbonsäuren aus Benzoldisulfosäure". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 8: 672–674. doi:10.1002/cber.187500801207.
2. W. Michler (1876). "Synthese aromatischer Ketone mittelst Chlorkohlenoxyd". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 9: 716–718. doi:10.1002/cber.187600901218.