Philippe Barbier

Philippe A. Barbier (born 1848, died 1922)[1][2] was a French organic chemist. He is considered the father of organometallic chemistry having synthesized the first organomagnesium compound in 1899.[1][3] He is most famous for the Barbier reaction.

Barbier was Victor Grignard's supervisor during his PhD.[4] A method to prepare reactive Grignard reagents such as allylic magnesium halides is known as the Barbier method, where the Grignard reagent is made in situ with the other reagent.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://web.archive.org/web/20070509234746/http://chemistry.cua.edu/may/month/Marchchem.htm
  2. ↑ Platinum Metals Rev. (1984) 28, 76-83
  3. ↑ http://www.chemistryexplained.com/Ny-Pi/Organometallic-Compounds.html
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Clayden, Jonathan; Greeves, Nick; Warren, Stuart; Wothers, Peter (2001). Organic Chemistry (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-19-850346-0.