Yves Chauvin

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005

“for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis”

Yves Chauvin was a French chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2005 for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis, and at the time of the award he was affiliated with the Institut Français du Pétrole, France.

Field

Chemistry · Organic Chemistry

Lifespan

1930–2015