Anton Köllisch (16 March 1888 – September 1916) was a German chemist who, whilst working inDarmstadt for pharmaceutical giantMerck, first described the synthesis of the chemicalMDMA.^[1]

In 1911, Köllisch published his doctoral dissertation on the topic ofindole synthesis fromhydrazones underOtto Diels at theUniversity of Berlin.^[2][3]

While at Merck, Dr Köllisch was involved in investigating syntheses for methylhydrastinine andhydrastinine. A procedural patent was filed onChristmas Eve 1912 relating to these syntheses, which mentioned MDMA without name as a chemical intermediate.^[1]

He was killed in theFirst World War.

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• 1888 births
• 20th-century German chemists
• 1916 deaths
• German military personnel killed in World War I
• Scientists from Darmstadt

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