From Carbenes to Peroxidic Antimalarial Drugs. Highlights from the Scientific Work of Charles William Jefford

Authors

  • Ulrich Burger

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2009.851

Keywords:

Artemisinin mimics, History, Jefford, c. w, Malaria, 1,2,4-trioxanes

Abstract

A concise biography of C. W. Jefford, Professor of Chemistry in Geneva from 1969 to 1994, is given. A personal tribute by the author is paid to Jefford ' s fundamental work in the field of singlet oxygen, endo-peroxides, and 1,2,4-trioxanes as remedies against malaria.
CHIMIA Vol. 63 No. 12 (2009): The 450th Anniversary of the Académie et Université de Genève

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Published

2009-12-01

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Vol. 63 No. 12 (2009): The 450th Anniversary of the Académie et Université de Genève

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Scientific Articles

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Copyright (c) 2009 Swiss Chemical Society

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How to Cite

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U. Burger, Chimia 2009, 63, 851, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2009.851.