Charles Friedel

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Charles Friedel
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Friedel in 1890s
Born12 March 1832
Died20 April 1899(1899-04-20) (aged 67)
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Strasbourg
Sorbonne
Known forFriedel–Crafts reaction
AwardsDavy Medal (1880)
Scientific career
FieldsMineralogy
Chemistry
InstitutionsSorbonne
Notable studentsAndré-Louis Debierne[1]
Signature
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Charles Friedel (French: [fʁidɛl]; 12 March 1832 – 20 April 1899) was a French chemist and mineralogist.

Life[]

A native of Strasbourg, France, he was a student of Louis Pasteur at the Sorbonne. In 1876, he became a professor of chemistry and mineralogy at the Sorbonne.

Friedel developed the Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions with James Crafts in 1877,[2][3] and attempted to make synthetic diamonds.

His son Georges Friedel (1865–1933) also became a renowned mineralogist.

Lineage[]

  • Friedel's wife's father was the engineer, Charles Combes.[4] The Friedel family is a rich lineage of French scientists:
    • Georges Friedel (1865–1933), French crystallographer and mineralogist; son of Charles
    • (1895–1972), French Polytechnician and mining engineer, founder of BRGM, the French geological survey; son of Georges
    • Jacques Friedel (1921–2014), French physicist; son of Edmond (fr)

References[]

  1. ^ Asimov, Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology 2nd Revised edition
  2. ^ Friedel, C.; Crafts, J.-M. (1877). "Sur une nouvelle méthode générale de synthèse d'hydrocarbures, d'acétones, etc". Compt. Rend. 84: 1392–1395.
  3. ^ Friedel, C.; Crafts, J.-M. (1877). "Sur une nouvelle méthode générale de synthèse d'hydrocarbures, d'acétones, etc". Compt. Rend. 84: 1450–1454.
  4. ^ Charles Combes Archived May 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, quercy.net, accessed April 2010

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