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Charles Friedel (12 March 1832 – 20 April 1899) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 chemist
Chemist

A chemist is a scientist trained in the science of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density, acidity, size and shape....
 and mineralogist
Mineralogy

Mineralogy is an Earth Science focused around the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals. Specific studies within mineralogy include the processes of mineral origin and formation, classification of minerals, their geographical distribution, as well as their utilization....
. A native of Strasbourg
Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace Regions of France in northeastern France. With 702,412 inhabitants in 2007, its metropolitan area is the Aire urbaine....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, he was professor of chemistry
Chemistry

Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions....
 at the Sorbonne
University of Paris

The historic University of Paris first appeared in the 12th century. In 1970 it was reorganized as 13 autonomous university . The university is often referred to as the Sorbonne or La Sorbonne after the collegiate institution founded about 1257 by Robert de Sorbon....
.

Friedel developed the Friedel-Crafts alkylation
Alkylation

Alkylation is the transfer of an alkyl group from one molecule to another. The alkyl group may be transferred as an alkyl carbocation, a free radical, a carbanion or a carbene ....
 and acylation
Acylation

In chemistry, acylation is the process of adding an acyl group to a compound. The compound providing the acyl group is called the acylating agent....
 reactions with James Crafts
James Crafts

James Mason Crafts was an United States chemist, best known for developing the Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions with Charles Friedel in 1876....
 in 1877, and attempted to make synthetic diamond
Synthetic diamond

Synthetic diamond is a term used to describe diamond crystals produced in a technology process, as opposed to natural diamond, which is produced by geology processes....
s.

His son Georges Friedel
Georges Friedel

Georges Friedel was a France Mineralogy and Crystallography....
 (1865 – 1933) also became a renowned mineralogist.








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Charles Friedel (12 March 1832 – 20 April 1899) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 chemist
Chemist

A chemist is a scientist trained in the science of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density, acidity, size and shape....
 and mineralogist
Mineralogy

Mineralogy is an Earth Science focused around the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals. Specific studies within mineralogy include the processes of mineral origin and formation, classification of minerals, their geographical distribution, as well as their utilization....
. A native of Strasbourg
Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace Regions of France in northeastern France. With 702,412 inhabitants in 2007, its metropolitan area is the Aire urbaine....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, he was professor of chemistry
Chemistry

Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions....
 at the Sorbonne
University of Paris

The historic University of Paris first appeared in the 12th century. In 1970 it was reorganized as 13 autonomous university . The university is often referred to as the Sorbonne or La Sorbonne after the collegiate institution founded about 1257 by Robert de Sorbon....
.

Friedel developed the Friedel-Crafts alkylation
Alkylation

Alkylation is the transfer of an alkyl group from one molecule to another. The alkyl group may be transferred as an alkyl carbocation, a free radical, a carbanion or a carbene ....
 and acylation
Acylation

In chemistry, acylation is the process of adding an acyl group to a compound. The compound providing the acyl group is called the acylating agent....
 reactions with James Crafts
James Crafts

James Mason Crafts was an United States chemist, best known for developing the Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions with Charles Friedel in 1876....
 in 1877, and attempted to make synthetic diamond
Synthetic diamond

Synthetic diamond is a term used to describe diamond crystals produced in a technology process, as opposed to natural diamond, which is produced by geology processes....
s.

His son Georges Friedel
Georges Friedel

Georges Friedel was a France Mineralogy and Crystallography....
 (1865 – 1933) also became a renowned mineralogist.

See also


  • The Friedel family
    Friedel family

    Four French scientists with the same Friedel family name are in direct lineage, Charles Friedel, Georges Friedel, Edmond Friedel and Jacques Friedel:...
    , is a rich lineage of French scientists:
    • Georges Friedel
      Georges Friedel

      Georges Friedel was a France Mineralogy and Crystallography....
       (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-), French physicist; son of Edmond, see the French site for Jacques Friedel


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