GEORGES DARZENS (1867-1954): INVENTOR and ICONOCLAST
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Georges Darzen's name is absent from the Dictionary of Scientific Biography. This is a regrettable omission, on three grounds. He was a creative organic chemist, to whom we owe both the thionyl chloride conversion of alcohols into chlorides and the "Darzens reaction"—an addition-fragmentation which can be seen as the forerunner to the Wittig reaction. He was a perceptive observer of the scientific scene, keen on informing his students of the latest scientific developments during the first quarter of this century regarding the structure of the atom and the quantum theory of spectra. And this genuine Renaissance man, by his multi-faceted talents, by the diverse degrees he took, by his prolific academic and industrial activities, was also endowed with a remarkable independence of spirit. Thus, we offer here a summary of his life and work.
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