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Yves Chauvin
French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yves Chauvin (French: [iv ʃovɛ̃]; 10 October 1930 – 27 January 2015) was a French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate. He was honorary research director at the Institut français du pétrole and a member of the French Academy of Science. He was known for his work for deciphering the process of olefin metathesis for which he was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Yves Chauvin | |
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Born | (1930-10-10)10 October 1930 Menen, Belgium |
Died | 27 January 2015(2015-01-27) (aged 84) Tours, France |
Nationality | French |
Education | École supérieure de chimie physique électronique de Lyon |
Known for | Deciphering the process of olefin metathesis |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2005) |
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Institutions | French Institute of Petroleum |
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