Person Chambers; Richard Dickinson (1935 - 2019) Chambers Richard Dickinson Richard Dickson Chambers 1935 - 2019 British Male West Stanley, Co Durham, England 16/03/1935 19350316 18/04/2019 20190418

Richard Chambers studied the synthesis and chemistry of organofluorine compounds. When carbon–hydrogen bonds in organic compounds replace much stronger carbon–fluorine bonds, either singly or multiply, a vast range of ‘manmade’ molecules becomes available. An illustration of this is the contrast between polypropene and inert Teflon, which is composed of all carbon–fluorine bonds. Indeed, fluorine-containing compounds have wide-ranging applications in industry, including unique surface effects and important pharmaceuticals such as anaesthetics. Richard also developed methods for the synthesis many new compounds that are useful in plant-protection products, inert fluids and pharmaceuticals. In the latter case, one of the roles of fluorine is to enhance the lifetime of a drug in the body. The chemistry of organofluorine compounds is very different from that of their hydrocarbon based counterparts and therefore poses a major test of current theories of mechanism in organic chemistry. Elemental fluorine is the most reactive of the elements; the design and use of microreactors has contributed to good progress in the synthesis of fluorine-containing compounds as drug candidates. Fellow 15/05/1997 62 Non preferred name taken from election certificate (possibly a typing error?) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 16 March 1935 - 18 April 2019 NA3952 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB yes http://viaf.org/viaf/61621604 897d56be-0590-4b17-a9b6-0449a606b2a5