1. Yves Chauvin was honorary research director at the Institut francais du petrole and a member of the French Academy of Sciences.
14 Facts About Yves Chauvin
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Yves Chauvin was known for his work for deciphering the process of olefin metathesis for which he was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Robert H Grubbs and Richard R Schrock.
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Yves Chauvin was born on 10 October 1930 in Menen, Belgium, to French parents; his father worked as an electrical engineer.
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Yves Chauvin graduated in 1954 from the Ecole superieure de chimie physique electronique de Lyon.
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Yves Chauvin began working in the chemical industry but was frustrated there.
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Yves Chauvin became honorary director of research there following his retirement from the institute in 1995.
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Yves Chauvin served as an emeritus director of research at the Lyon School of Chemistry, Physics, and Electronics.
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Yves Chauvin was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with Robert H Grubbs and Richard R Schrock, for his work from the early 1970s in the area of olefin metathesis.
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Yves Chauvin was embarrassed to receive his award and initially indicated that he might not accept it.
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Yves Chauvin did however receive his award from the King of Sweden and deliver his Nobel lecture.
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Yves Chauvin was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 2005.
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Yves Chauvin's work centred on metathesis, which involves organic compounds.
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Yves Chauvin showed that the reaction involves two double bonds.
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Yves Chauvin died, at the age of 84, on 27 January 2015 in Tours, France.