Organic synthesis owes a major debt to François Auguste Victor Grignard, whose pioneering studies were a critical early step in the advancement of the field. When he entered the profession at the turn of the century, the task of combining...

François Auguste Victor Grignard was born in Cherbourg, France, on May 6, 1871. His mother was Marie Hébert Grignard; his father, Théophile Henri Grignard, was a sailmaker and foreman at the local marine arsenal. During his early...

1871-1935 French chemist who shared the 1912 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the Grignard reaction process. By treating magnesium filings with methyl iodide under anhydrous ether to avoid spontaneous atmospheric combustion, compounds of the general...

François Auguste Victor Grignard (May 6, 1871 in Cherbourg - December 13, 1935 in Lyon) was a Nobel Prize-winning French chemist. Grignard was the son of a sail maker. After studying mathematics at Lyon he transferred to chemistry, becoming a professor...

Francois Auguste Victor Grignard was born in Cherbourg, France on May 6, 1871. He was the son of a foreman and sailmaker who worked at the nearby marine arsenal [1]. The young Grignard attended the local Ecole primaire and then the College de...