317:, where the Faculty of Mathematics and Science, awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1992 “in recognition of outstanding achievements in the field of organosilicon chemistry.” The citation particularly acknowledged his “seminal work on industrially applicable synthesis of methylchlorosilanes, research contributions to the development of silicon organic chemistry and the long years of teaching” at the university.
25:
294:, he received his doctorate in chemistry. From 1933 onwards he worked as a laboratory manager at Chemische Fabrik von Heyden, a large chemical plant located in
42:
286:, Müller attended the Volksschule (equivalent to elementary and junior high school) in Hartha and the G.E. Lessing Gymnasium (secondary school) in
363:
89:
61:
108:
68:
335:
314:
267:
75:
46:
57:
35:
302:
on an industrial scale. During his research there, in 1941 he succeeded in achieving industrial production of
202:
303:
82:
291:
191:
313:
From 1954 to 1972 Müller taught as head of the
Institute of Silicone and Fluorocarbon Chemistry at the
219:
358:
353:
239:
299:
243:
347:
259:
247:
148:
338:(Honorary doctorates of TH/TU Dresden), 10 December 2015. Accessed 16 January 2016.
24:
287:
307:
295:
166:
263:
235:
181:
170:
320:
In 2001, a street in
Radebeul was named in honour of Richard Müller.
283:
279:
255:
144:
18:
250:
compounds in 1941. That synthesis, also known as the
298:and famous as the world's first factory to produce
215:
197:
187:
177:
155:
130:
123:
49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
234:(17 July 1903 – 7 July 1999) was a German
306:, an important feedstock for the production of
8:
290:. After studying from 1923 to 1931 at the
120:
109:Learn how and when to remove this message
328:
7:
47:adding citations to reliable sources
336:Ehrenpromovenden der TH/TU Dresden
14:
315:Dresden University of Technology
23:
34:needs additional citations for
268:National Prize of East Germany
1:
242:independently discovered the
58:"Richard Müller" chemist
364:20th-century German chemists
380:
16:German chemist (1903–1999)
266:. Müller was awarded the
225:
208:
258:-catalysed reaction of
270:in 1952 for his work.
292:University of Leipzig
252:Müller-Rochow process
232:Richard Gustav Müller
203:Müller-Rochow process
192:University of Leipzig
125:Richard Gustav Müller
43:improve this article
304:methylchlorosilanes
229:
228:
210:Scientific career
119:
118:
111:
93:
371:
339:
333:
282:in the state of
240:Eugene G. Rochow
220:Fabrik v. Heyden
162:
140:
138:
121:
114:
107:
103:
100:
94:
92:
51:
27:
19:
379:
378:
374:
373:
372:
370:
369:
368:
344:
343:
342:
334:
330:
326:
276:
188:Alma mater
173:
164:
160:
151:
142:
136:
134:
126:
115:
104:
98:
95:
52:
50:
40:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
377:
375:
367:
366:
361:
356:
346:
345:
341:
340:
327:
325:
322:
300:salicylic acid
275:
272:
244:direct process
227:
226:
223:
222:
217:
213:
212:
206:
205:
199:
198:Known for
195:
194:
189:
185:
184:
179:
175:
174:
165:
163:(aged 95)
157:
153:
152:
143:
132:
128:
127:
124:
117:
116:
31:
29:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
376:
365:
362:
360:
357:
355:
352:
351:
349:
337:
332:
329:
323:
321:
318:
316:
311:
309:
305:
301:
297:
293:
289:
285:
281:
273:
271:
269:
265:
261:
260:chloromethane
257:
253:
249:
248:organosilicon
245:
241:
237:
233:
224:
221:
218:
214:
211:
207:
204:
201:discovery of
200:
196:
193:
190:
186:
183:
180:
176:
172:
168:
158:
154:
150:
149:German Empire
146:
133:
129:
122:
113:
110:
102:
99:December 2021
91:
88:
84:
81:
77:
74:
70:
67:
63:
60: –
59:
55:
54:Find sources:
48:
44:
38:
37:
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
331:
319:
312:
277:
251:
231:
230:
216:Institutions
209:
161:(1999-07-07)
141:17 July 1903
105:
96:
86:
79:
72:
65:
53:
41:Please help
36:verification
33:
359:1999 deaths
354:1903 births
178:Nationality
159:7 July 1999
348:Categories
324:References
137:1903-07-17
69:newspapers
308:silicones
238:. He and
296:Radebeul
278:Born in
167:Radebeul
264:silicon
254:is the
236:chemist
171:Germany
83:scholar
288:Döbeln
284:Saxony
280:Hartha
274:Career
256:copper
182:German
145:Hartha
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
262:with
90:JSTOR
76:books
246:of
156:Died
131:Born
62:news
45:by
350::
310:.
169:,
147:,
139:)
135:(
112:)
106:(
101:)
97:(
87:·
80:·
73:·
66:·
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.