Joseph Achille Le Bel

Joseph Achille Le Bel
Born	(1847-01-28)28 January 1847 Pechelbronn
Died	6 August 1930(1930-08-06)(aged 83) Paris
Nationality	French
Known for	Stereochemistry Le Bel–Van 't Hoff rule
Awards	ForMemRS(1911) Davy Medal(1893)

Joseph Achille Le Bel(21 January 1847 inPechelbronn– 6 August 1930, inParis, France) was a Frenchchemist.He is best known for his work instereochemistry.Le Bel was educated at theÉcole PolytechniqueinParis.In 1874 he announced his theory outlining the relationship between molecular structure and optical activity.This discovery laid the foundation of the science of stereochemistry, which deals with the spatial arrangement of atoms in molecules. This hypothesis was put forward in the same year by the Dutch physical chemistJacobus Henricus van 't Hoffand is currently known asLe Bel–van't Hoff rule.Le Bel wroteCosmologie Rationelle(Rational Cosmology) in 1929.

Works

• George Mann Richardson, Louis Pasteur, Jacobus van 't Hoff, Joseph Achille Le Bel, Johannes Wislicenus (1901).The Foundations of Stereo Chemistry. Memoirs by Pasteur, van't Hoff, Lebel and Wislicenus.New York: American Book Co.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)OCLC2753817
• Maury J., Joseph Achille Le Bel, Arthur Edmunds (1925).Laugerie Basse: The Excavations of M. J.-A. Le Bel.Le Mans: Monnoyer.OCLC1742132.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)OCLC1742132
• Le Bel, J.-A. (1949).Vie et œuvres de Joseph-Achille Le Bel(in French). Paris: Impr. P. Dupont.OCLC113374.OCLC1133741

See also

• Hexamethylbenzene
• Optical rotation

References

• Royal Society of Chemistry obituary