The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1912
Awarded on: 1912-11-12
"for the discovery of the so-called Grignard reagent, which in recent years has greatly advanced the progress of organic chemistry"
Affiliations:
- Nancy University – Nancy, France
Victor Grignard
Born: 1871-05-06 in Cherbourg, France
Gender: male
Field: French chemist (1871–1935)
Biography
Francois Auguste Victor Grignard 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.