Frédéric Swarts

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Frédéric Swarts (2 September 1866 - 6 September 1940) was a Belgian chemist who prepared the first chlorofluorocarbon, CF2Cl2 (Freon-12) 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."[1] He was a colleague of Leo Baekeland.

References

  1. Frédéric Swarts “Cours de Chimie Organique” Librairie Scientifique, A. Hermann (Paris), 1908.
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