1. Emil Fischer developed the Fischer projection, a symbolic way of drawing asymmetric carbon atoms.
15 Facts About Emil Fischer
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Emil Fischer hypothesized lock and key mechanism of enzyme action.
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Emil Fischer never used his first given name, and was known throughout his life simply as Emil Fischer.
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Emil Fischer then attended the University of Bonn in 1871, but switched to the University of Strasbourg in 1872.
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Emil Fischer earned his doctorate in 1874 under Adolf von Baeyer with his study of phthaleins.
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Emil Fischer remained with Baeyer in Strassburg as an independent research student.
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In 1875, von Baeyer was asked to succeed Justus von Liebig at the University of Munich and Emil Fischer went there with him to become an assistant in organic chemistry.
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Emil Fischer investigated the derivatives of phenylhydriazines, establishing their relation to the diazo compounds, and he noted the readiness with which they entered into combination with other substances, giving origin to a wealth of hitherto unknown compounds.
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Emil Fischer's observations, published in 1886, that such hydrazones, by treatment with hydrochloric acid or zinc chloride, yielded derivatives of indole, the parent substance of indigo, were a confirmation of the views advanced by von Baeyer on the subject of indigo and the many substances related to it.
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Emil Fischer next turned to the fuchsine magenta dyes, and in collaboration with his cousin Otto Fischer, he published papers in 1878 and 1879 which established that these dyes were derivatives of triphenylmethane.
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Emil Fischer was instrumental in the discovery of barbiturates, a class of sedative drugs used for insomnia, epilepsy, anxiety, and anesthesia.
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Emil Fischer's researches made from 1899 to 1906 were published in 1907 with the title Untersuchungen uber Aminosauren, Polypeptides und Proteine.
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Emil Fischer died seven years later, leaving him a widower with three sons.
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Emil Fischer died in Berlin on 15 July 1919 at the age of 66.
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Emil Fischer was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1899.