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Pierre EugEne Marcelin Berthelot[pyer Uzhen´ mArsulaN´ bertulO´] Pronunciation Key, 1827–1907, French chemist. He was professor at the Ecole SupErieure de Pharmacie (1859) and at the CollEge de France from 1865. In 1900 he became a member of the French Academy. A founder of modern organic chemistry, he was one of the first to produce organic compounds synthetically (including the carbon compounds methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, benzene, and acetylene), playing a major role in dispelling the old theory of a vital force inherent in organic compounds. He also did valuable work in thermochemistry and in explosives. His writings include Chimie organique fondEe sur la synthEse (1860) and LeCons sur la thermochimie (1897).
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