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Abstract
In the latest instalment of our series of chemical autobiographies, “Grand Old Men of Sulfur Chemistry”, the prominent sulfur chemist Roland Mayer, recently retired from the Technical University of Dresden, Germany traces his chemical ancestry and describes the sources of his interest for organic synthesis with emphasis on organic sulfur compounds as well as for natural products and dyes and other technically interesting materials. His impressive research achievements include intriguing biosynthetic studies, model studies of photosynthesis, profound studies of the Willgerodt-Kindler and of the Herz reaction, and new chemistry of thiocarbonyl compounds, sulfur-centered cumulenes, and a plethora of sulfur-containing heterocycles. Professor Mayer's personal experience from World War II to the present time also reflects the dramatic developments during the rise and fall of the East German social experiment. The exhausting bibliography spans over 44 years and comprises 299 journal articles, 20 books and book chapters, 149 patents, 76 theses, and 10 advanced theses originating from Professor Mayer's laboratory.