Daniel Swern (January 21, 1916 – December 5, 1982) was an American chemist who discovered the
Swern oxidation
The Swern oxidation, named after Daniel Swern, is a chemical reaction whereby a primary or secondary alcohol is oxidized to an aldehyde or ketone using oxalyl chloride, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and an organic base, such as triethylamine. It is one ...
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1916 births
1982 deaths
20th-century American chemists
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