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1898
Some claim that Fritz Haber was the first to publish a synthesis for MDMA, but this appears not to the case.   

Haber's doctoral thesis "Uber einige Derivate des Piperonals" ['about a few piperonal derivatives'] for Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Berlin, described related syntheses, but does not include MDMA. Although this was a small controversy in the early 2000's, you can read our more recent understanding of this issue in Ask Erowid.


References
Cousto H. Forschung und Praxis der Gesundheitsfoerderung. 2001.
Schmidt-Semisch H. "Ecstasy: Die Droge der 90er-Jahre?" in Hans Gros (ed.). Rausch und Realitaet. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Drogen. Klett, 1998;Vol 3:136-151.



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