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Yves Chauvin
Full Name of the recipient | Yves Chauvin |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Year of Award | 2005 |
Share in Award | 33.3% |
Award Shared with | Robert H. Grubbs (33.3%) Richard R. Schrock (33.3%) |
Motivation for the Award | for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Institut Francais du Petrole, Rueil-Malmaison, France |
Place of Birth | Menin, Belgium BEL |
Date of Birth | 10 October 1930 |
Age at the time of Award | 74 years |
Place of Death | Tours, France FRA |
Date of Death | 27 January 2015 |