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Auguste Andre Thomas Cahours

Auguste André Thomas Cahours (2 October 1813, Paris – 17 March 1891, Paris) was a French chemist.

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He was a professor at the École Polytechnique and the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures. In 1868 he was elected as a member of the Académie des sciences (chemistry section) and in 1880 became a commander of the Légion d'honneur.

Accomplishments

  • Co-discovered allyl alcohol in 1856 with help of August Hofmann by saponification of allyl iodide. He also conducted studies on the vapor density of acetic acid, as well as research involving essential oils, cumene, cymene and toluene.

    • In 1860 he published the three volume Traité de chimie générale élémentaire.

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