About Charles Friedel
Lived 1832 – 1899 (aged 67). Charles Friedel was a French chemist, mineralogist and university teacher, known for Friedel–Crafts reaction, Ketonic decarboxylation and Organosilicon compound.
Charles Friedel (; 12 March 1832 – 20 April 1899) was a French chemist and mineralogist.
Life A native of Strasbourg, France, Friedel was a student of Louis Pasteur at the Sorbonne. In 1876, he became a professor of chemistry and mineralogy at the Sorbonne. While there he was elected as an honorary member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society in 1892.
Friedel developed the Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions with James Crafts in 1877, and attempted to make synthetic diamonds.
Friedel's wife's father was the engineer, Charles Combes. The Friedel family is a rich lineage of French scientists: Georges Friedel (1865–1933), French crystallographer and mineralogist; son of Charles (1895–1972), French mining engineer, founder of BRGM, the French geological survey; son of Georges Jacques Friedel (1921–2014), French physicist; son of Edmond
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Who was Charles Friedel?
French chemist (1832–1899)
When was Charles Friedel born?
Charles Friedel was born on 10 March 1832 in Strasbourg.
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Charles Friedel died on 19 April 1899 in Montauban, Paris.
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Charles Friedel was a chemist, mineralogist and university teacher.
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Charles Friedel was known for Friedel–Crafts reaction, Ketonic decarboxylation and Organosilicon compound.
What nationality was Charles Friedel?
Charles Friedel was French.
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