Bouveault, Louis

Bouveault, L. Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. 1904, 31, 1306, 1322. Louis Bouveault (1864—1909) was bom in Nevers, France. He devoted his short yet very productive life to teaching and to working in science. 

Due to its good solubility in water, )5-phenylethanol is the main component of rose water. The alcohol has a slight, but very characteristic, scent of roses. Because of its adaptability, )5-phenylethanol is found in more than 80 % of all perfumes. The technical synthesis goes back to Louis Bouveault (1864-1909) and his student Gustave Blanc (1872-1927), who discovered in 1903 that esters can be reduced to the corresponding alcohols by sodium in ethanol. [26]... 

Louis Bouveault (Nevers, ii February 1864-Paris, 6 September 1909), assistant professor in the Paris Faculty of Sciences, worked out methods for the conversion of nitriles or amides to acids, the synthesis of aromatic aldehydes and acids by the use of aluminium chloride, the synthesis of aldehydes from nitro-olefins, and the reduction of aldehydes, ketones, and esters to alcohols by boiling with alcohol and sodium. ... 

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