Lazăr Edeleanu
Lazăr Edeleanu · Science & Medicine
Chemist, first to synthesize amphetamine and inventor of the Edeleanu process
1861, Bucharest, Romania — 1941, Bucharest, Romania
Romania · Germany
Lazăr Edeleanu is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Chemist, first to synthesize amphetamine and inventor of the Edeleanu process
Edeleanu, a Romanian Jewish chemist, was in 1887 the first to synthesize amphetamine (then called phenylisopropylamine), decades before its stimulant properties were recognized. He is best known for the Edeleanu process, the first large-scale method to refine petroleum using liquid sulfur dioxide to remove aromatic impurities, still foundational to modern refining. He worked in Germany and Romania and helped found the country's petroleum industry.
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Chemist, first to synthesize amphetamine and inventor of the Edeleanu process
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry
