August Bischler


August Bischler was a Russian-born Crimea German chemist who later emigrated to Switzerland. He discovered the Bischler–Möhlau [indole synthesis] reaction in 1892 and, together with Bernard Napieralski, discovered the Bischler–Napieralski reaction in 1893.

Life

He received his Ph.D. at the University of Zurich in 1889, worked at the University of Zurich, and from 1899 at the University of Basel. After becoming a Swiss citizen in 1925 he worked in the chemical industry in Geneva.

Bernard Napieralski

Bernard Napieralski was a Ph.D. student of Bischler at the University of Zurich in 1893. Napieralski was born in Ostrowy, Poland, 1861.