superior. After looking more into Grignard, the General Staff decided that he would be better suited for research than sentry duty, so they assigned him to the explosives division. Grignard's research shifted to antidotes to chemical weapons when production of TNT was no longer sustainable, and eventually Grignard was assigned to research new chemical weapons for the French army. Honors 1912 — Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the Grignard reagent (shared the award with fellow Frenchman Paul Sabatier). 1912 — Lavoisier Medal, Société Chimique de France 1933 — Légion d'Honneur, Commander Notes References External links including the Nobel Lecture, 11 December 1912 The Use of Organomagnesium Compunds in Preparative Organic Chemistry Comptes Rendus 1871 births 1935 deaths 19th-century French chemists Organic chemists Nobel laureates in Chemistry Members of the French Academy of Sciences French Nobel laureates Chemical warfare People from Manche Academic staff of Nancy-Université Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur 20th-century French chemists