Icilio Guareschi (; 24 December 1847 – 20 June 1918) was an Italian

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field. Chemists study the composition of ...

. Icilio Guareschi studied at the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna (, abbreviated Unibo) is a Public university, public research university in Bologna, Italy. Teaching began around 1088, with the university becoming organised as guilds of students () by the late 12th century. It is the ...

and received his Ph.D there in 1871. He became professor at the

University of Siena The University of Siena (, abbreviation: UNISI), located in Siena, Tuscany, holds the distinction of being Italy's first publicly funded university as well as one of the oldest, originally established as ''Studium Senese'' in 1240. As of 2022, it ...

and in 1879 at the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...

, where he worked until his death in 1918. Guareschi worked in the field of organic chemistry, pharmacy, toxicology and the history and chemistry. In 1894, he discovered a reaction to synthesise

2-Pyridone 2-Pyridone is an organic compound with the formula . It is a colourless solid. It is well known to form hydrogen bonded dimers and it is also a classic case of a compound that exists as tautomers. Tautomerism The second tautomer is 2-hydroxy ...

s, today known as the

Guareschi-Thorpe condensation 2-Pyridone is an organic compound with the formula . It is a colourless solid. It is well known to form hydrogen bonded dimers and it is also a classic case of a compound that exists as tautomers. Tautomerism The second tautomer is 2-hydroxy ...

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* 1847 births 1918 deaths People from the Province of Parma Italian chemists University of Bologna alumni Academic staff of the University of Siena Academic staff of the University of Turin {{chemist-stub