Chemistry

Press release

In regard to Richards’ work Professor H.G. Söderbaum, member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry of , made the following statement The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences resolved in 1915 to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the year 1914 to Theodore William Richards, Professor at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A., in recognition of…

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French 10 octobre 2001 a décidé d’attribuer le Prix Nobel de Chimie de l’année 2001 pour le développement de la synthèse asymétrique catalytique, pour moitié collectivement à William S. Knowles Saint-Louis, Missouri, USA, et à Ryoji Noyori Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japon, “pour leurs travaux sur les réactions d’hydrogénation catalysées par chiralité”, et pour l’autre…

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Award ceremony speech

English Presentation Speech by Professor Gunnar Karlström, Member of the ; Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, 10 December 2013. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s…

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Award ceremony speech

Swedish Presentationstal av professor Gunnar Karlström, ledamot av , ledamot av Nobelkommittén för kemi, 10 December 2013. Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, Mina Damer o Herrar, Årets Nobelpristagare i Kemi , och har utvecklat metoder baserade på fysikaliska modeller…

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Other resources

The Laureates Robert H. Grubbs, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Richard R. Schrock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Biographical Sketch – Richard R. Schrock, MIT news office   Metathesis The metathesis reactions: from a historical perspective to recent developments, Royal Society of Chemistry   Olefin Metathesis Olefin Metathesis: the early days, Chemical & Engineering News…

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