In 1916 Reichstein passed his school-leaving examination and began to study chemistry at the E.T.H. at Zurich, taking his diploma there in 1920. He then spent a year in industry and then began to work for his doctorate under Professor H. Staudinger. In 1922 he graduated and then began research under Professor Staudinger on the composition of the flavouring substances in roasted coffee.After leaving Professor Staudinger, he continued to work for nine years on this subject, being financed for this purpose by an industrial firm, who provided him with an assistant. The aroma of coffee is, he found, composed of extremely complex substances, among which are derivatives of furan and pyrrole, and substances containing sulphur. Reichstein published during this period a series of papers on these substances and on new methods of demonstrating and making them, and also on the aromatic substances in chicory.
In 1929 he
qualified as a lecturer at the E.T.H. Here he lectured on organic and physiological
chemistry and in 1931, when his work on aromatic substances in coffee and chicory
ended, he became assistant to Professor L. Ruzicka and was then able to devote
himself exclusively to scientific research.In 1934 he was appointed Titular
Professor, in 1937 Associate Professor, and in 1938 Professor in Pharmaceutical
Chemistry, and Director of the Pharmaceutical Institute in the University of
Basel. In 1946 he took over, in addition, the Chair of Organic Chemistry and
he held both these appointments until 1950, when a new Director of the Pharmaceutical
Institute was appointed.Between the years 1948-1952 he supervised the building and equipment of a new Institute of Organic Chemistry, which was ready for occupation in 1952, Reichstein becoming its Director in 1960. He now lives in Basel.In 1933 Reichstein succeeded, independently of Sir Norman Haworth and his collaborators in Birmingham, in synthesizing vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Otherwise he has worked on the glycosides of plants, and during the years 1953-1954 he worked in collaboration with S. A. S. - Biography male Reichstein Tadeus underwear index Biography rape - Reichstein Tadeus - Reichstein Biography бетона для ТСЗПБ прогрева Трансформатор Tadeus салону по Biography и стойки т под д опоры короба проставки Tadeus - Reichstein саб разное Simpson beastialty - free Tadeus sites sex Biography Reichstein and sites Tadeus Reichstein Biography beastialty free - sex J. F. Tait (London), with A. Wettstein and R. Neher (Ciba Ltd., Basel), and M. Tausk (N.V. Organon, Oss, The Netherlands), and isolated and explained the constitution of aldosterone, a hormone of the adrenal cortex, which until then had not been isolated. Reichstein also collaborated with E. C. Kendall and P. S. Hench in their work on the hormones of the adrenal cortex which culminated in the isolation of cortisone and the discovery of its therapeutic value in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. For this work, Reichstein, Kendall, and Hench were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1950.
In 1947 he received the Honorary Doctorate of the Sorbonne, Paris, and in 1952 he was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, London.
Reichstein married Henriette Louise Quarles van Ufford, of Dutch nobility, in 1927. They have one daughter.From Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1964This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and later published in the book series Les Prix Nobel/Nobel Lectures. The information is sometimes updated with an addendum submitted by the Laureate. To cite this document, always state the source as shown above.