Victor Grignard
May 6, 1871 –December 13, 1935
Chemist, University teacher
Lived 64 years
- Born in
- Cherbourg
- Passed away in
- 7th arrondissement of Lyon
François Auguste Victor Grignard (6 May 1871 – 13 December 1935) was a French chemist who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the eponymously named Grignard reagent and Grignard reaction, both of which are important in the formation of carbon–carbon bonds. He also wrote some of his experiments in his laboratory notebooks.
Awards: Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Lavoisier Medal, Jecker Prize Education: Faculté des Sciences de Lyon
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