Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817-1884) was an Alsatian French chemist. He is well known by organic chemists for the Wurtz reaction, to form carbon-carbon bonds by reacting alkyl halides with sodium. Wurtz was also an influential writer and educator, France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1883

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