Charles Moureu

Charles Moureu
Born
François Charles Léon Moureu

(1863-04-19)19 April 1863
Mourenx, Basses-Pyrénées, France
Died13 June 1929(1929-06-13) (aged 66)
Biarritz, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole supérieure de Pharmacie, Paris
Known forIUPAC
SpouseLouise Anne Paquignon[1]
ChildrenHenri Moureu[1]
Scientific career
InstitutionsÉcole pratique des hautes études, Collège de France, Collège de France

François Charles Léon Moureu (19 April 1863, in Mourenx – 13 June 1929, in Biarritz) was a French organic chemist and pharmacist. In 1902 Charles Moureu published Notions fondamentales de chimie organique,[2] translated into English as Fundamental principles of organic chemistry (1921).[3]

During World War I, Charles Moureu was vice-chairman of France's Committee for Gas Warfare. In this role, he established 16 chemistry laboratories in Paris, supervising their work until 1918. Moureu also became chairman of the Committee of National Defence when it was established in 1925, leading it until his death in 1929.[4] During the war, he researched acrolein and sulfur mustard gas, working with Charles Dufraisse.[4] This work led them to pioneering research into autoxidation and antioxidants.[4][5]

Moureu supported initiatives for international cooperation and standardization among chemists. He was one of the vice-presidents of the Société chimique de France (SCF) in 1910,[6][7] and the founding President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) from 1920 to 1922.[8]

  1. ^ a b Charle, Christophe; Telkès, Eva (1988). "Moureu (François, Charles, Léon)". Les professeurs du Collège de France – Dictionnaire biographique 1901-1939. l'Institut national de recherche pédagogique. pp. 187–189.
  2. ^ Moureu, Charles (1902). Notions fondamentales de chimie organique (1st ed.). Paris: Gauthier-Villars.
  3. ^ Moureu, Charles (1921). Fundamental principles of organic chemistry. Translated by Braunholtz, Walter T. K. London: G. Bell and sons, Ltd.
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Fauque was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  6. ^ Lestel, L. (2007). Itinéraires de chimistes : 1857-2007, 150 ans de chimie en France, avec les présidents de la Société Française de Chimie. EDP sciences. ISBN 978-2-86883-915-2.
  7. ^ "De l'AISC à l'IUPAC". Société chimique de France. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  8. ^ "PAST OFFICERS". IUPAC. Retrieved 21 March 2019.