François Auguste Victor Grignard
1871-1935
French chemist who shared the 1912 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the Grignard reaction process. By treating magnesium filings with methyl iodide unde...
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Organic synthesis owes a major debt to François Auguste Victor Grignard, whose pioneering studies were a critical early step in the advancement of the field. When he entered the profession at t...
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François Auguste Victor Grignard was born in Cherbourg, France, on May 6, 1871. His mother was Marie Hébert Grignard; his father, Théophile Henri Grignard, was a sailmaker and for...
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