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Charles Friedel
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| Born | 12 March 1832 Strasbourg, France
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| Died | 20 April 1899 (aged 67) Montauban, France
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| Alma mater | University of Strasbourg Sorbonne |
| Known for | Friedel–Crafts reaction Ketonic decarboxylation Organosilicon compound |
| Awards | Davy Medal (1880) |
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| Fields | Mineralogy Chemistry |
| Institutions | Sorbonne |
| Thesis | Recherches sur les acétones et sur les aldéhydes. Suivi de Sur la pyro-électricité dans les cristaux bons conducteurs de l'électricité |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Adolphe Wurtz |
| Doctoral students | Henri Becquerel Georges Urbain André-Louis Debierne |
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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, 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. The Friedel family is a rich lineage of French scientists:
- Georges Friedel (1865–1933), French crystallographer and mineralogist; son of Charles
- Edmond Friedel (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
See also
In Spanish: Charles Friedel para niños
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