Marc Tiffeneau
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Marc Tiffeneau | |
Born | November 5, 1873 Mouy,France |
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Died | May 20, 1945 (aged 71) |
Nationality | French |
Known for | Tiffeneau-Demjanov rearrangement |
Marc Émile Pierre Adolphe Tiffeneau (November 5, 1873 – May 20, 1945) was a French chemist who disovered the Tiffeneau-Demjanov rearrangement.
Tiffeneau received his Ph.D in science in 1907 and his Ph.D in medicine in 1910 Tiffeneau worked at the hospitals Hôpital Boucicaut and from 1924 at Hôtel-Dieu de Paris. In 1926 he became professor at the Sorbonne. At the time of his death in 1945 he was president of the Fench Chemical Society.