Frédéric Swarts

Frédéric Jean Edmond Swarts (2 September 1866 – 6 September 1940) was a Belgian chemist who prepared the first chlorofluorocarbon, CF2Cl2 (Freon-12)[1] as well as several other related compounds. He was a professor in the civil engineering at the University of Ghent. In addition to his work on organofluorine chemistry, he authored the textbook "Cours de Chimie Organique."[2] He was a son of Theodore Swarts (chemist, *1839 Antwerpen; †1911 Kortenberg, Belgium) and a colleague of Leo Baekeland. He is also known for developing Swarts Reaction which is used to form alkyl fluorides from alkyl halides with the help of fluorine metal salts.

References

  1. ^ Kauffman, George B. (1955). "Frederic Swarts: Pioneer in organic fluorine chemistry". Journal of Chemical Education. 32 (6): 301. doi:10.1021/ed032p301. ISSN 0021-9584.
  2. ^ Frédéric Swarts "Cours de Chimie Organique" Librairie Scientifique, A. Hermann (Paris), 1908.
  • Armstrong, E. F.; Simonsen, J. L.; Roy, S. C.; Gibson, C. S.; Barkla, D. G.; Timmermans, Jean (1946). "Obituary notices: Sir Martin Onslow Forster, 1872–1945; Biraj Mohan Gupta, 1890–1945; Alfred Lucas, 1867–1945; Frederic William Robinson, 1889–1946; Frederic Swarts, 1866–1940". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed): 550–560. doi:10.1039/JR9460000550.
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