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Victor Grignard

Victor Grignard
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François Auguste Victor Grignard was a French chemist who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the eponymously named Grignard reagent and Grignard reaction, both of which are important in the formation of carbon–carbon bonds. He also wrote some of his experiments in his laboratory notebooks.

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  1. Émile BorelJanuary 7, 1871 – February 3, 1956
  2. Ernst ZermeloJuly 27, 1871 – May 21, 1953
  3. Giovanni GiorgiNovember 27, 1871 – August 19, 1950
  4. Martin KnudsenFebruary 15, 1871 – May 27, 1949
  5. Victor Grignard (this page)May 6, 1871 – December 13, 1935
  6. Walter KaufmannJune 5, 1871 – January 1, 1947

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