Raffaele Piria, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Raffaele Piria

Italian chemist

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1814

Place of Birth: Scilla, Calabria, Italy

Date of Death: 18-Jul-1865

Profession: physician, politician, chemist, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Raffaele Piria ( Scilla 20 August 1814 –Turin 18 July 1865), an Italian chemist from Scilla, lived in Palmi, who converted the substance Salicin into a sugar and a second component, which on oxidation becomes salicylic acid, a major component of the analgesic drug Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).
Other reactions discovered by Piria were the conversion of aspartic acid to malic acid by action of nitrogen dioxide, and the reaction of aromatic nitro compounds with sulfite towards aminosulfonic acids.