Chemist no. 94 of 350 · Industrial/Applied

Yves Chauvin

1930-2015FranceNobel Chemistry 2005

Mechanism of olefin metathesis

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Yves Chauvin and the Carbene Mechanism That Explained Olefin Metathesis

Learn the Chauvin mechanism: how metal carbenes and metallacyclobutanes explain olefin metathesis. Clear steps, equations and exam points for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

Yves Chauvin: The Industrial Chemist Who Explained Metathesis

Biography of Yves Chauvin (1930-2015), French petrochemical chemist who explained olefin metathesis and shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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