The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005

 

 

 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2005 jointly to Yves Chauvin, Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R Schrock “for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis”

  Contents:
| Introduction: Metathesis – a molecular dance | Yves Chauvin – Chauvin’s mechanism | Robert H. Grubbs – Nature’s perfume | Richard R. Schrock – Bringing music to our ears | Organic synthesis | Metathesis – a change-your-partners dance | Further reading | Credits |
  Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, web adapted by Nobel Web AB.

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