Jean-Marie Lehn

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Jean-Marie Lehn is a French chemist and Nobel laureate renowned as a founder of supramolecular chemistry for his pioneering work on molecular recognition and self-assembly.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf French chemist
Nobel laureate
chemist
human
supramolecular chemist
awardReceived CNRS Gold Medal
Davy Medal
Lavoisier Medal
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Wolf Prize in Chemistry
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1939-09-30
doctoralAdvisor Guy Ourisson NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Strasbourg NERFINISHED
employer Collège de France NERFINISHED
Université de Strasbourg NERFINISHED
familyName Lehn
fieldOfWork chemistry
molecular recognition
organic chemistry
self-assembly
supramolecular chemistry
gender male
givenName Jean-Marie
hasWork Supramolecular Chemistry: Concepts and Perspectives
knownFor founding supramolecular chemistry
pioneering work on molecular recognition
pioneering work on self-assembly
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
memberOf French Academy of Sciences
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
name Jean-Marie Lehn
NobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
NobelPrizeMotivation development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity
NobelPrizeYear 1987
notableConcept molecular recognition
supramolecular chemistry
placeOfBirth Rosheim, Bas-Rhin, France
positionHeld professor at Collège de France
professor at Université de Strasbourg
researchInterest cryptands
dynamic combinatorial chemistry
host–guest chemistry
molecular devices
sharedNobelPrizeWith Charles J. Pedersen NERFINISHED
Donald J. Cram


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