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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1912

"for the discovery of the so-called Grignard reagent, which in recent years has greatly advanced the progress of organic chemistry"
"for his method of hydrogenating organic compounds in the presence of finely disintegrated metals whereby the progress of organic chemistry has been greatly advanced in recent years"
Victor Grignard Paul Sabatier
Victor Grignard Paul Sabatier
half 1/2 of the prize half 1/2 of the prize
France France
Nancy University
Nancy, France		 Toulouse University
Toulouse, France
b. 1871
d. 1935		 b. 1854
d. 1941
 
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