Frédéric Swarts Explained

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.

References

1. Kauffman . George B. . 1955 . Frederic Swarts: Pioneer in organic fluorine chemistry . Journal of Chemical Education . en . 32 . 6 . 301 . 10.1021/ed032p301 . 0021-9584.
2. Frédéric Swarts "Cours de Chimie Organique" Librairie Scientifique, A. Hermann (Paris), 1908.

• 10.1039/JR9460000550 . 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 . 1946 . Armstrong . E. F. . Simonsen. J. L.. Roy. S. C.. Gibson. C. S.. Barkla . D. G.. Timmermans. Jean. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 550–560.