View source for Richard Helmuth Frederick Manske

'''Richard Helmuth Frederick Manske''' was a Canadian chemist who carried out the first synthesis of [[DMT|N,N-dimethyltryptamine]], in 1931 at the National Research Council laboratories in Ottawa, as part of a systematic study of the methyltryptamines.<ref name="manske1931">Manske RHF. A synthesis of the methyltryptamines and some derivatives. Canadian Journal of Research. 1931;5:592-600.</ref> At the time the compound was not known to occur in any plant. He is also known for extensive work in alkaloid chemistry.

This article is a stub.

== References ==
<references/>