All articles starting with D

Diethyldithiocarbamic acid

Diethyldithiocarbamic acid, also called ditiocarb or DDC, is a dithiocarbamic acid that forms in the body from the alcohol-aversive drug disulfiram and strongly chelates copper and zinc.

Diethylene glycol (DEG), also called ethylene diglycol, is a colorless, viscous liquid used mostly as a chemical intermediate, known as the toxic contaminant behind recurring mass poisonings, including the 1937 Elixir Sulfanilamide disaster.

Diethylene glycol monoethyl ether

Diethylene glycol monoethyl ether (DEGEE), also known as ethoxydiglycol, Carbitol, or Transcutol, is a water-miscible glycol ether solvent used in coatings, inks, cosmetics, and as a skin penetration enhancer in pharmaceuticals.

Diethylenetriamine

Diethylenetriamine (DETA) is an aliphatic triamine with formula C₄H₁₃N₃, a colorless, hygroscopic liquid with an ammonia-like odor used chiefly as an epoxy resin curing agent.

Diethylpropion

Diethylpropion (amfepramone; Tenuate, Regenon) is a sympathomimetic anorectic prodrug of ethcathinone, FDA-approved in 1959 for short-term obesity treatment, Schedule IV controlled, withdrawn from the EU market in 2023.

Diethylstilbestrol

Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a synthetic estrogen first made in 1938, prescribed to prevent miscarriage from the 1940s to the 1970s until it was found to cause cancer.

Diethylstilbestrol diphosphate

Diethylstilbestrol diphosphate (fosfestrol, DESP; brands Stilphostrol, Honvan) is the diphosphate ester prodrug of the synthetic estrogen DES, used mainly for prostate cancer; discontinued in the US, thrombosis is a key toxicity.

Diethylstilbestrol syndrome

Diethylstilbestrol syndrome (DES syndrome, ICD-11 LB44.6) is a malformative syndrome in children and grandchildren of women given the synthetic estrogen DES during pregnancy, causing clear cell adenocarcinoma, reproductive tract malformations, infertility, and preterm birth across generations.

Diethylzinc

Diethylzinc, Zn(C₂H₅)₂, is a colorless, pyrophoric organozinc compound prepared by Edward Frankland in 1849, a discovery that founded organometallic chemistry; it is now used in asymmetric aldehyde additions, cyclopropanation, and semiconductor deposition.

Dieting

Dieting, also called a diet plan, is the deliberate restriction of food intake to lose body weight, using calorie counting, macronutrient manipulation, intermittent fasting, or meal replacements.

Dietitian

A Dietitian is a regulated health professional applying the science of nutrition to human health and disease through assessment and treatment; the professional body began in 1917.

Dietmar Hamann

Dietmar (Didi) Hamann, born 1973 in Waldsassen, German defensive midfielder; Bayern Munich, Newcastle, Liverpool (283 games, 2005 Champions League), Manchester City; 59 Germany caps, 2002 World Cup runner-up; later Stockport County manager and Sky pundit.

Dietmar Hopp

Dietmar Hopp is a German entrepreneur who co-founded SAP in 1972, led it after its 1988 listing, and finances the football club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.

Dietmar Lorenz

Dietmar Lorenz (1950-2021), East German judoka of SC Dynamo Hoppegarten, first German Olympic judo champion, winning open-class gold and -95 kg bronze at Moscow 1980; also first non-Japanese Kano Cup winner (1978).

Dietmar Mogenburg

Dietmar Mogenburg (Dietmar Mögenburg), born 1961 in Leverkusen, West German high jumper; 1984 Los Angeles Olympic gold at 2.35 m, 1980 world record co-holder, 2.39 m indoor best.

Dietmar Müller

R. Dietmar Müller is a geophysicist and professor at the University of Sydney, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science who founded the GPlates plate-reconstruction software project.

Oct 10, 2026

Dietmar Salamon

Dietmar Salamon (1953–2025) was a German mathematician and professor at ETH Zurich, a founder of modern symplectic topology who co-wrote standard textbooks with Dusa McDuff.

Dietmar Schauerhammer

Dietmar Schauerhammer (born 1955) is a German former decathlete and bobsledder for East Germany who won two-man and four-man gold at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics as brakeman for pilot Wolfgang Hoppe.

Oct 20, 2026

Dietmar Schmidt

Dietmar Schmidt (born 1952, Zwickau) is a German handball coach and former East German circle runner who captained the GDR to 1980 Moscow Olympic gold, 23-22 over the USSR; 242 caps, 349 goals; distinct from other namesakes.

Dietmar Schmitz

Dietmar Schmitz is a German physician and neuroscientist, professor at Charité Berlin since 2005 and DZNE site speaker, known for work on synaptic plasticity and optogenetics.

Dietmar Schmucker

Dietmar Schmucker is a German molecular neuroscientist at the University of Bonn known for discovering in 2000 that the Drosophila Dscam receptor generates tens of thousands of isoforms.

Dietmar Seyferth

Dietmar Seyferth (1929–2020) was a German-born American organometallic chemist who spent 42 years on the MIT faculty and founded the American Chemical Society journal Organometallics.

Dietmar Stalke

Dietmar Stalke (born 1958 in Melle, Germany) is a German organometallic chemist and crystallographer, a full professor at the University of Göttingen since 2005, known for low-temperature crystal handling of air-sensitive compounds.

Dietmar Trillus

Dietmar Trillus (born 1958) is a German-born Canadian compound archer, 2007 world champion and 2008 World Cup Final winner, first non-USA resident to win the Vegas Indoor Archery Festival.

Dietmar Vestweber

Dietmar Vestweber (born 1956 in Wuppertal) is a German cell biologist known for his work on VE-cadherin, controlling leukocyte extravasation and vascular permeability. He received the Leibniz Prize in 1998.

Oct 10, 2026

Dietmar Voges

Dietmar Voges is a biochemist, first author of the 1999 Annual Review of Biochemistry review of the 26S proteasome that the Nobel Committee cited in 2004.

Dietmar W. Hutmacher

Dietmar W. Hutmacher is a biomedical engineer and Distinguished Professor at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, known for regenerative medicine and 3D-printed bone scaffolds, and co-founder of Osteopore.

Sep 27, 2026

Dietmar Woidke

Dietmar Woidke is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who has led Brandenburg as Minister-President since 2013, since 2026 in coalition with the CDU.