Yves Chauvin was a French chemist, honorary research director at the Institut francais du petrole and a member of the French Academy of Sciences. He was awarded a share of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for deciphering the process of olefin metathesis.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account FieldSourced to the subject's own accountChemistry (organometallic catalysis, olefin metathesis) 1 Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own account NationalitySourced to the subject's own account Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountShared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock for deciphering the mechanism of olefin metathesis. 1 BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account Connections
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Yves Chauvin was a French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate. He was honorary research director at the Institut francais du petrole and a member of the French Academy of Sciences.
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