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Jean-Pierre Sauvage
Chemist

Jean-Pierre Sauvage

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Developing mechanically interlocked molecules for molecular machines.

Catenane synthesis

Born
21 October 1944
Birthplace
Paris

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Jean-Pierre Sauvage

Jean-Pierre Sauvage is a French chemist whose work on interlocking molecular structures contributed to the development of molecular machines.

Early life

Training

Studied chemistry in Strasbourg and completed doctoral work under Jean-Marie Lehn before postdoctoral research in Oxford.

Career

  1. 1983

    Linked molecular rings

    Developed a method for creating catenanes using coordination chemistry.

  2. 1997

    French Academy

    Became a member of the French Academy of Sciences.

  3. 2016

    Nobel Prize

    Shared the chemistry prize with Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa.

Contributions

Catenane synthesis

Used metal coordination to assemble mechanically interlocked rings.

Beyond work

Family

Acknowledged his wife Carmen and their son Julien in his Nobel lecture.

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