The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005
Photo: U. Montan
Yves Chauvin
Prize share: 1/3
Photo: R. Paz
Robert H. Grubbs
Prize share: 1/3
Photo: L.B. Hetherington
Richard R. Schrock
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005 was awarded jointly to Yves Chauvin, Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock "for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis"
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