Residence France Nationality French Name Charles Friedel | Fields Mineralogy
Chemistry Role Chemist Institutions Sorbonne | |
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Alma mater University of Strasbourg
Sorbonne Died April 20, 1899, Montauban, France Children Georges Friedel, Jean Friedel Grandchildren Edmond Friedel, Henri Friedel Education University of Paris, University of Strasbourg Similar People James Crafts, Louis Pasteur, Andre‑Louis Debierne, Pierre Curie, Marie Curie | ||
Notable students Andre-Louis Debierne Great grandchildren Jacques Friedel | ||
Charles Friedel ([fʁidɛl]; 12 March 1832 – 20 April 1899) was a French chemist and mineralogist. 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.
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