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

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.