Chemist no. 206 of 350 · Organic

Jean-Pierre Sauvage

1944-FranceNobel Chemistry 2016

Catenanes and molecular machines

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Jean-Pierre Sauvage and the First Catenane: Linking Molecules Like Chain Links

How Jean-Pierre Sauvage built the first catenane using a copper(I) template, launching molecular machines and the 2016 Chemistry Nobel Prize.

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Biography

Jean-Pierre Sauvage: The Chemist Who Taught Molecules to Link and Move

Biography of Jean-Pierre Sauvage, French chemist who made the first catenane and shared the 2016 Chemistry Nobel Prize for molecular machines.

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