:Société chimique de France

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The Société Chimique de France (SCF) is a learned society and professional association founded in 1857 to represent the interests of French chemists in a variety of ways in local, national and international contexts.Société Chimique de France (SCF), [http://www.societechimiquedefrance.fr/fr/missions-de-la-scf.html Mission] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409094637/http://www.societechimiquedefrance.fr/fr/missions-de-la-scf.html |date=2010-04-09 }}; retrieved 2011-06-08. Until 2009 the organization was known as the Société Française de Chimie.

History

The Society traces its origins back to an organization of young Parisian chemists who began meeting in May 1857 under the name Société Chimique, with the goal of self-study and mutual education. In 1858 the established chemist Adolphe Wurtz joined the society, now named the Société Chimique de Paris, and immediately transformed it into a learned society modeled after the Chemical Society of London, which was the precursor of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Like its British counterpart, the French association sought to foster the communication of new ideas and facts throughout France and across international borders.Lagowski, J. J. (1991). [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/ed068p1 "A British Sesquicentennial,"] Journal of Chemical Education, Vol 68, No. 1, p. 1; acknowledging the sesquicentennial of The Chemical Society in London, which eventually became the Royal Society of Chemistry; retrieved 2011-06-08. In 1906, the society changed its name from Société Chimique de Paris to Société Chimique de France; in 1983 it became the Société Française de Chimie; and in 2009 it returned to the name Société Chimique de France.{{cite web |url=https://www.societechimiquedefrance.fr/Histoire-de-la-SCF.html?lang=fr |title=Histoire de la SCF - Société Chimique de France |website=www.societechimiquedefrance.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806101135/http://www.societechimiquedefrance.fr/Histoire-de-la-SCF.html?lang=fr |archive-date=2020-08-06}}

Activities

Support for the Bulletin de la Société Chimique de Paris began in 1858.

In the 21st century, the society has become a member of European Chemical Society, which is an organization of 16 European chemical societies. This European consortium was established in the late 1990s as many chemical journals owned by national chemical societies were amalgamated.ChemPubSoc Europe, [http://www.wiley-vch.de/vch/journals/2111/chempubsoc-eu.html mission]; [http://www.wiley-vch.de/vch/journals/2111/chempubsoc-eu_members.html participating societies] In 2010 they started ChemistryViews.org, their news and information service for chemists and other scientists worldwide.

=Prizes and awards=

The society acknowledges individual achievement with prizes and awards, including:

Raymond Berr Prize

:* 1954: Charles Glacet{{Cite web |title=Charles Glacet |url=https://asap.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/asap/images_et_pdf/03_Histoire_et_Memoire/02_ecrits_entre_1996_et_2015/Tome12_chimie_070312_11.pdf}}

:* 1955: Raymond Jean Calas{{Cite web |title=Le Doyen Raymond Calas, 1914-1996 |url=https://new.societechimiquedefrance.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1996-197-octobre-novembre-p53-dunogues.pdf}}

:* 1958: Guy Ourisson{{Cite web |title=Report to the Mr Masahiro Kawasaki,President, Japan Science and Technology Corporation |url=https://www.jst.go.jp/pr/evaluation/institute/institute5/hyoka/ourisson-e.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=www.jst.go.jp}}

:* 1961: Marc Julia{{Citation |last=Lestel |first=Laurence |title=MARC JULIA |date=2008-01-01 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1051/978-2-7598-0315-6.c050/html |work=MARC JULIA |pages=283–288 |access-date=2023-12-08 |publisher=EDP Sciences |language=fr |doi=10.1051/978-2-7598-0315-6.c050/html |isbn=978-2-7598-0315-6}}

:* 1965: Robert Collongues{{Cite news |date=1965-11-25 |title=LE PROFESSEUR R. COLLONGUES LAURÉAT DU PRIX RAYMOND BERR 1965 |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1965/11/25/le-professeur-r-collongues-laureat-du-prix-raymond-berr-1965_2197699_1819218.html |access-date=2023-12-08}}

:* 1967: Jean-Pierre Ebel{{Cite web |title=EBEL Jean-Pierre |url=https://www.alsace-histoire.org/netdba/ebel-jean-pierre/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Fédération des Sociétés d'Histoire et d'Archéologie d'Alsace |language=fr-FR}}

:* 1970: Pierre Potier{{Cite web |title=Pierre Potier |url=https://www.heterocycles.jp/newlibrary/downloads/PDF/00069/64/1}}

:* 1972: Jean Flahaut{{Cite web |title=Jean Flahaut {{!}} In memoriam {{!}} Membres {{!}} Nous connaître |url=https://www.academie-sciences.fr/en/In-memoriam/jean-flahaut.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=www.academie-sciences.fr}}

:* 1976: Henri B. Kagan{{Cite web |title=Samarium diiodide, a tool in the area of asymmetric synthesis----ICCAS |url=http://english.ic.cas.cn/News2016/Upcoming_Events2016/200809/t20080924_3979.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=english.ic.cas.cn}}

:* 1978: Jean-Marie LehnCanal-U: [https://archive.today/20130119034824/http://www.canal-u.com/producteurs/universite_de_tous_les_savoirs/dossier_programmes/les_conferences_de_l_annee_2000/la_chimie_science_des_transformations/chimie_et_creation_du_moleculaire_au_supramoleculaire "Chimie et création. Du moléculaire au supramoléculaire" — Auteurs, Jean-Marie Lehn]

:* 1979: J. P. Kovalevsky{{Cite web |title=REMISE DE LA MÉDAILLE RAYMOND BERR A M. J.P. KOVALEVSKY |url=https://www.lajauneetlarouge.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/jr-348-sol.pdf |language=fr}}

:* 1981: Bernard Trémillon{{Cite web |title=Disparition de Bernard Trémillon, ancien directeur de Chimie ParisTech - PSL |url=https://www.chimieparistech.psl.eu/ecole/actualites/disparition-de-bernard-tremillon-ancien-directeur-de-chimie-paristech-psl/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Chimie ParisTech - PSL |language=fr-FR}}

:* 1985: Philippe Sautet{{Cite web |title=Philippe Sautet, Chimiste, Laboratoire de chimie {{!}} École normale supérieure de Lyon |url=https://www.ens-lyon.fr/recherche/panorama-de-la-recherche/prix-et-distinctions/philippe-sautet-chimiste-laboratoire-de |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=www.ens-lyon.fr |language=fr}}

:* 1988: François Mathey{{Cite web |title=François Mathey {{!}} In memoriam {{!}} Membres {{!}} Nous connaître |url=https://www.academie-sciences.fr/en/Liste-des-membres-de-l-Academie-des-sciences-/-M/francois-mathey.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=www.academie-sciences.fr}}

:* 1993: Pierre Sigwalt{{Cite web |title=Pierre Sigwalt |url=https://www.academie-sciences.fr/pdf/membre/SigwaltP_bio1008.pdf}}

Lavoisier Medal of the Société Chimique de France is awarded to a person or institution in order to distinguish the work or actions which have enhanced the perceived value of chemistry in society.SCF, [http://www.societechimiquedefrance.fr/fr/la-medaille-lavoisier.html Lauréats de la médaille Lavoisier] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905044742/http://www.societechimiquedefrance.fr/fr/la-medaille-lavoisier.html |date=2010-09-05 }}

:* 1904: James Dewar

:* 1906: William Perkin{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20041211195721/http://www.colorantshistory.org/home.html Colorants Industry History]}}, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070322210310/http://www.colorantshistory.org/PerkinBiography.html William H. Perkin]}}

:* 1912: Victor GrignardNobel Prize in Chemistry, 1912, [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1912/grignard-bio.html Victor Grignard bio notes]

:* 1922: Theodore William RichardsNobel Prize in Chemistry, 1914, [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1914/richards-bio.html Theodore Richards bio notes]

:* 1935: Cyril Norman HinshelwoodNobel Prize in Chemistry, 1956: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110703034155/http://130.242.18.21/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1956/hinshelwood-bio.html Cyril Hinshelwood bio notes]

:* 1948: Alexander R. Todd, Baron ToddJanus, [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/0014/TODD Papers of Lord Todd, GBR/0014/TODD]

:* 1949: Rudolf Signer{{cite web|author=Center for Oral History| title= Rudolf Signer |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/oral-histories/signer-rudolf|website= Science History Institute }}{{cite book|first1= Tonja |last1=Koeppel |title=Rudolf Signer, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by Tonja Koeppel at Berne, Switzerland on 30 September 1986 |date=30 September 1986 |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/sites/default/files/signer_r_0056_suppl.pdf|place=Philadelphia, PA|publisher=The Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry }}

:* 1954: Iraj Lalezari{{cite news|author=Karmel Melamed|title=Iranian Jews mourn passing of scientific giant Dr. Iraj Lalezari|access-date=28 January 2023|work=Jewish News Syndicate|url=https://www.jns.org/opinion/iranian-jews-mourn-passing-of-scientific-giant-dr-iraj-lalezari/}}

:* 1955: Karl ZieglerGesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), [http://www.analyticjournal.de/ak_pat_historie/ziegler_gdch/ziegler_broschuere_gdch.pdf. Karl Ziegler bio notes]

:* 1968: Robert Burns Woodward

:* 1983: Paul B. Weisz{{cite web|author=Center for Oral History| title= Paul B. Weisz |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/oral-histories/weisz-paul-b|website= Science History Institute }}{{cite book|first=James J. |last=Bohning|title=Paul B. Weisz, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by James J. Bohning at State College, Pennsylvania on 27 March 1995 |date=27 March 1995 |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/sites/default/files/weisz_pb_0141_suppl.pdf|place=Philadelphia, PA|publisher=Chemical Heritage Foundation }}

:* 1992: Marc Julia and Raymond Wey

:* 1993: William M. Hess, Armand Lattes, Ernest Maréchal,{{Cite journal |date=2016-05-01 |title=In Memoriam: Ernest Maréchal |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ci-2016-3-413/html?lang=en |journal=Chemistry International |language=en |volume=38 |issue=3-4 |pages=30–30 |doi=10.1515/ci-2016-3-413 |issn=1365-2192|doi-access=free }} Eugène Papirer and L.-A. Plaquette

:* 1994: David A. Evans; Marco Aurelio de Paoli; Rudolph Marcus;Caltech, [http://www.cce.caltech.edu/faculty/marcus/RAMwebCV.pdf Rudolph Marcus CV] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607062825/http://www.cce.caltech.edu/faculty/marcus/RAMwebCV.pdf |date=2010-06-07 }} Steven Wolff

:* 1995: Derek Barton; Rudolf Hoppe

:* 1997: Jean-Marie Lehn

:* 1998: Jean-Baptiste Donnet

:* 1999: Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)

:* 2000: F. Albert Cotton

:* 2004: Fred McLafferty{{cite web|author=Center for Oral History| title= Fred W. McLafferty |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/oral-histories/mclafferty-fred-w|website= Science History Institute }}{{cite book|first=Michael A. |last=Grayson|title=Fred W. McLafferty, Transcript of Interviews Conducted by Michael A. Grayson at Cornell University Ithaca, New York on 22 and 23 January 2007 |date=23 January 2007 |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/sites/default/files/mclafferty_fw_0352_full.pdf|place=Philadelphia, PA|publisher=Chemical Heritage Foundation }}

:* 2013: Gérard Férey

:* 2015: Jacques Livage, Henri B. Kagan

:* 2018: Christian Amatore{{cite web | title=Médaille Lavoisier | website=Département de chimie | date=11 April 2018 | url=http://www.chimie.ens.fr/?q=en/node/5255 | language=fr | access-date=9 September 2018}}

:* 2023: Jean-Marie Tarascon{{Cite web |title=Jean-Marie Tarascon reçoit la médaille Lavoisier de la Société Chimique de France |url=https://www.energie-rs2e.com/fr/jean-marie-tarascon-recoit-la-medaille-lavoisier-de-la-societe-chimique-de-france |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=RS2E |language=fr}}