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

Ulrich Burger

doi:10.2533/chimia.2009.851

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.