Lazăr Edeleanu

1861–1941 · Romanian · University of Berlin

First synthesized amphetamine in 1887, as phenylisopropylamine. Its stimulant properties went unnoticed for forty years until Gordon Alles found them.

Compounds credited overall: first synthesis of amphetamine, plus the oil-refining process he is better known for

On this site

• Stimulants
• Amphetamine C9H13N first synthesis, 1887

  Published as phenylisopropylamine; its effects went unexamined for forty years.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphetamine