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'''Yves Chauvin''' ({{IPA-fr|ʃɔvɛ̃|lang}}; October 10, 1930 – January 27, 2015) was a ] ] and ] laureate. He was honorary research director at the '']'' and a member of the ]. He was known for his work for deciphering the process of ] for which he was awarded the 2005 ] along with ] and ].<ref>{{Cite journal '''Yves Chauvin''' ({{IPA|fr|iv ʃovɛ̃|lang}}; 10 October 1930 – 27 January 2015) was a French ] and Nobel Prize laureate. He was honorary research director at the '']'' and a member of the ]. He was known for his work for deciphering the process of ] for which he was awarded the 2005 ] along with ] and ].<ref>{{Cite journal
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}}</ref><ref name="Britannica">{{cite web | url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1090475/Yves-Chauvin | title=Britannica | accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref><ref name=worldbook>Chauvin, Yves." World Book Student. World Book, 2011. Web. 21 March 2011.</ref> }}</ref><ref name="Britannica">{{cite web | url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1090475/Yves-Chauvin | title=Britannica | access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=worldbook>Chauvin, Yves." World Book Student. World Book, 2011. Web. 21 March 2011.</ref>


== Life == == Life ==
Yves Chauvin was on born October 10, 1930 in ], ], to French parents; his father worked as an electrical engineer.<ref name=nyt>Chang, Kenneth, Yves Chauvin, chemist sharing Nobel Prize, dies at 84, New York Times, January 31, 2015, p. B13</ref> He graduated in 1954 from the ]. He began working in the chemical industry but was frustrated there. He is quoted as saying, "If you want to find something new, look for something new...there is a certain amount of risk in this attitude, as even the slightest failure tends to be resounding, but you are so happy when you succeed that it is worth taking the risk."<ref name=nyt/> In 1960, Chauvin began working for the ] in ]. He became honorary director of research there following his retirement from the institute in 1995. Chauvin also served as an emeritus (retired) director of research at the Lyon School of Chemistry, Physics, and Electronics.<ref name="Britannica"/> Yves Chauvin was born on 10 October 1930 in ], ], to French parents; his father worked as an electrical engineer.<ref name=nyt>Chang, Kenneth, Yves Chauvin, chemist sharing Nobel Prize, dies at 84, New York Times, 31 January 2015, p. B13</ref> He graduated in 1954 from the ]. He began working in the chemical industry but was frustrated there. He is quoted as saying, "If you want to find something new, look for something new...there is a certain amount of risk in this attitude, as even the slightest failure tends to be resounding, but you are so happy when you succeed that it is worth taking the risk."<ref name=nyt/> In 1960, Chauvin began working for the ] in ]. He became honorary director of research there following his retirement from the institute in 1995. Chauvin also served as an emeritus (retired) director of research at the Lyon School of Chemistry, Physics, and Electronics.<ref name="Britannica"/>


== Awards and recognitions == == Awards and recognitions ==
He was awarded the 2005 ], along with ] and ], for his work from the early 1970s in the area of ]. Chauvin was embarrassed to receive his award and initially indicated that he might not accept it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,378142,00.html|title=Keine Freude: Nobelpreistr臠er findet Auszeichnung peinlich|author=((SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany))|date=5 October 2005|work=SPIEGEL ONLINE}}</ref> He did however receive his award from the King of Sweden and deliver his Nobel lecture.<ref>{{cite web | editor=Karl Grandin|title=Yves Chauvin Biography|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2005/chauvin-photo.html|work=Les Prix Nobel| publisher=The Nobel Foundation|year=2005|accessdate=2008-07-29}}</ref> He was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 2005.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chemistryviews.org/details/ezine/7430871/Yves_Chauvin_1930__2015.html | title=Chemistryviews.org | accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref> He was awarded the 2005 ], along with ] and ], for his work from the early 1970s in the area of ]. Chauvin was embarrassed to receive his award and initially indicated that he might not accept it.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,378142,00.html|title=Keine Freude: Nobelpreisträger findet Auszeichnung peinlich|author=((SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany))|date=5 October 2005|newspaper=SPIEGEL ONLINE}}</ref> He did however receive his award from the King of Sweden and deliver his Nobel lecture.<ref>{{cite web | editor=Karl Grandin|title=Yves Chauvin Biography|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2005/chauvin-photo.html|work=Les Prix Nobel| publisher=The Nobel Foundation|year=2005|access-date=29 July 2008}}</ref> He was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 2005.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chemistryviews.org/details/ezine/7430871/Yves_Chauvin_1930__2015.html | title=ChemistryViews.org | date=30 January 2015 | access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>


== Research == == Research ==
Chauvin’s work centred on ], which involves organic (carbon-based) compounds. In metathesis, chemists break double bonds more easily by introducing a catalyst—that is, a substance that starts or speeds up a chemical reaction. Chemists began performing metathesis in the 1950s without knowing exactly how the reaction worked. This lack of understanding hindered the search for more efficient catalysts.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.humantouchofchemistry.com/yves-chauvin.htm | title=Humantouchofchemistry.com | accessdate=January 31, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nndb.com/people/211/000139791/ | title=NNDB | accessdate=January 31, 2015}}</ref> Chauvin's work centred on ], which involves organic (carbon-based) compounds. In metathesis, chemists break double bonds more easily by introducing a catalyst—that is, a substance that starts or speeds up a chemical reaction. Chemists began performing metathesis in the 1950s without knowing exactly how the reaction worked. This lack of understanding hindered the search for more efficient catalysts.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.humantouchofchemistry.com/yves-chauvin.htm | title=Humantouchofchemistry.com | access-date=31 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202041858/http://www.humantouchofchemistry.com/yves-chauvin.htm | archive-date=2 February 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nndb.com/people/211/000139791/ | title=NNDB | access-date=31 January 2015}}</ref>


In the early 1970s Chauvin achieved a breakthrough when he described the mechanism by which a ] bound to a carbon atom in one group of atoms causes the group to shift places with a group of atoms in another molecule and explained metathesis in detail. He showed that the reaction involves two ]s. One of the double bonds connects two parts of an organic molecule. The other double bond connects a metal-based catalyst to a fragment of an organic molecule. In metathesis, these two double bonds combine and split to make four single bonds. The single bonds form a ring that connects the metal catalyst, the organic fragment, and the two parts of the organic molecule. The metal catalyst then breaks off from the ring, carrying away part of the organic molecule. This process leaves the fragment attached to the remainder of the ] with a double bond, forming a new organic compound. Scholars have compared this reaction to a dance in which two sets of partners join hands to form a ring and then split apart again to form two new partnerships.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2005/chauvin-facts.html | title=NobelPrize.org | accessdate=January 31, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/ciencia/2015/muere-nobel-yves-chauvin-100765.html | title=Eluniversal.com | accessdate=January 31, 2015}}</ref> In the early 1970s Chauvin achieved a breakthrough when he described the mechanism by which a ] bound to a carbon atom in one group of atoms causes the group to shift places with a group of atoms in another molecule and explained metathesis in detail. He showed that the reaction involves two ]s. One of the double bonds connects two parts of an organic molecule. The other double bond connects a metal-based catalyst to a fragment of an organic molecule. In metathesis, these two double bonds combine and split to make four single bonds. The single bonds form a ring that connects the metal catalyst, the organic fragment, and the two parts of the organic molecule. The metal catalyst then breaks off from the ring, carrying away part of the organic molecule. This process leaves the fragment attached to the remainder of the ] with a double bond, forming a new organic compound. Scholars have compared this reaction to a dance in which two sets of partners join hands to form a ring and then split apart again to form two new partnerships.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2005/chauvin-facts.html | title=NobelPrize.org | access-date=31 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/ciencia/2015/muere-nobel-yves-chauvin-100765.html | title=Eluniversal.com | access-date=31 January 2015}}</ref>


Chauvin’s description of metathesis led ] and ] to develop catalysts that carried out the reaction more efficiently. The three chemists’ work has enabled manufacturers to make organic compounds, including some plastics and medicines, using less energy because the required reaction pressures and temperatures became lower, and using fewer harmful and expensive chemicals, and creating fewer contaminant reaction ] and ] that must be extracted from the desired synthetic. It was for this process they were awarded with 2005 Chemistry Nobel Prize.<ref>http://www.repubblica.it/scienze/2015/01/29/news/addio_a_yves_chauvin_nobel_per_la_chimica_2005-106070950/</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2015/01/28/le-nobel-de-chimie-yves-chauvin-est-mort_4565396_1650684.html|title=Le Nobel de chimie Yves Chauvin est mort|work=Le Monde.fr}}</ref> Chauvin's description of metathesis led ] and ] to develop catalysts that carried out the reaction more efficiently. The three chemists' work has enabled manufacturers to make organic compounds, including some plastics and medicines, using less energy because the required reaction pressures and temperatures became lower, and using fewer harmful and expensive chemicals, and creating fewer contaminant reaction ] and ] that must be extracted from the desired synthetic. It was for this process they were awarded with 2005 Chemistry Nobel Prize.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.repubblica.it/scienze/2015/01/29/news/addio_a_yves_chauvin_nobel_per_la_chimica_2005-106070950/ | title=Addio a Yves Chauvin, Nobel per la chimica 2005| date=29 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2015/01/28/le-nobel-de-chimie-yves-chauvin-est-mort_4565396_1650684.html|title=Le Nobel de chimie Yves Chauvin est mort|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|date=28 January 2015}}</ref>


== Death == == Death ==
Chauvin died at the age of 84, on 27 January 2015 in ], ].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/science/yves-chauvin-chemist-sharing-nobel-prize-dies-at-84.html | title=NYT | accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref><ref></ref> Chauvin died, at the age of 84, on 27 January 2015 in ], France.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stoye |first1=Emma |title=Chemistry Nobel laureate Yves Chauvin dies aged 84 |url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemistry-nobel-laureate-yves-chauvin-dies-aged-84/8211.article |work=Chemistry World |date=30 January 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Kenneth |title=Yves Chauvin, 'Green' Chemist and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/science/yves-chauvin-chemist-sharing-nobel-prize-dies-at-84.html |work=The New York Times |date=31 January 2015}}</ref>


==Publications== ==Publications==
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* {{cite journal|title=Olefin Metathesis: The Early Days (Nobel Lecture)|author=Yves Chauvin|year=2006|doi=10.1002/anie.200601234|pmid=16724296|journal=Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.|volume=45|issue=23|pages=3740–3747}}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Martinato | first1 = A. | last2 = Chauvin | first2 = Y. | last3 = Lefebvre | first3 = G. | year = 1964 | title = Kinetic aspects of the "period of adjustment" during polymerization (of propylene) with titanium trichloride-triethylaluminium, "Title | url = | journal = Compt. Rend. | volume = 258 | issue = 17| pages = 4271–4273 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Uchino | first1 = M. | last2 = Chauvin | first2 = Y. | last3 = Lefebvre | first3 = G. | year = 1967 | title = Dimerization of propylene by nickel complexes | url = | journal = Compt. Rend. C | volume = 265 | issue = 2| pages = 103–106 }} * {{cite journal | last1 = Martinato | first1 = A. | last2 = Chauvin | first2 = Y. | last3 = Lefebvre | first3 = G. | year = 1964 | title = Kinetic aspects of the "period of adjustment" during polymerization (of propylene) with titanium trichloride-triethylaluminium, "Title | journal = Comptes Rendus | volume = 258 | issue = 17| pages = 4271–4273 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Herisson | first1 = J. L. | last2 = Chauvin | first2 = Y. | year = 1971 | title = Catalysis of olefin transformations by tungsten complexes. II. Telomerization of cyclic olefins in the presence of acyclic olefins | url = | journal = Makromol. Chem. | volume = 141 | issue = | pages = 161–176 }} (Dieser Artikel wird aufgrund eines typographischen Fehlers in der Originalpublikation gelegentlich mit 1970 als Jahr der Veröffentlichung zitiert.) * {{cite journal | last1 = Uchino | first1 = M. | last2 = Chauvin | first2 = Y. | last3 = Lefebvre | first3 = G. | year = 1967 | title = Dimerization of propylene by nickel complexes | journal = Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série C | volume = 265 | issue = 2| pages = 103–106 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Chauvin | first1 = Y. | last2 = Gilbert | first2 = B. | last3 = Guibard | first3 = I. | year = 1990 | title = Catalytic dimerization of alkenes by nickel complexes in organochloroaluminate molten salts | url = | journal = Chem. Comm. | volume = 23 | issue = | pages = 1715–1716 }} * {{cite journal | last1 = Herisson | first1 = J. L. | last2 = Chauvin | first2 = Y. | year = 1971 | title = Catalysis of olefin transformations by tungsten complexes. II. Telomerization of cyclic olefins in the presence of acyclic olefins | journal = Makromol. Chem. | volume = 141 | pages = 161–176 | doi = 10.1002/macp.1971.021410112 }} (This article is occasionally cited as 1970 as the year of publication due to a typographical error in the original publication.)
* {{cite journal | last1 = Magna | first1 = L. | last2 = Niccolai | first2 = G. P. | last3 = Chauvin | first3 = Y. | last4 = Basset | first4 = J.-M. | year = 2003 | title = The importance of imidazolium substituents in the use of imidazolium based room temperature ionic liquids as solvents for palladium catalyzed telomerization of butadiene with methanol | url = | journal = Organometallics | volume = 22 | issue = 22| pages = 4418–4425 | doi=10.1021/om021057s}} * {{cite journal | last1 = Chauvin | first1 = Y. | last2 = Gilbert | first2 = B. | last3 = Guibard | first3 = I. | year = 1990 | title = Catalytic dimerization of alkenes by nickel complexes in organochloroaluminate molten salts | journal = Chem. Comm. | volume = 23 | issue = 23| pages = 1715–1716 | doi = 10.1039/c39900001715 | s2cid = 94961900 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Magna | first1 = L. | last2 = Niccolai | first2 = G. P. | last3 = Chauvin | first3 = Y. | last4 = Basset | first4 = J.-M. | year = 2003 | title = The importance of imidazolium substituents in the use of imidazolium based room temperature ionic liquids as solvents for palladium catalyzed telomerization of butadiene with methanol | journal = Organometallics | volume = 22 | issue = 22| pages = 4418–4425 | doi=10.1021/om021057s}}
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==External links== ==External links==
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French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate
Yves Chauvin
Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 2005 on stage
Born(1930-10-10)10 October 1930
Menen, Belgium
Died27 January 2015(2015-01-27) (aged 84)
Tours, France
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole supérieure de chimie physique électronique de Lyon
Known forDeciphering the process of olefin metathesis
AwardsNobel Prize in Chemistry (2005)
Scientific career
InstitutionsFrench Institute of Petroleum

Yves Chauvin (French: [iv ʃovɛ̃]; 10 October 1930 – 27 January 2015) was a French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate. He was honorary research director at the Institut français du pétrole and a member of the French Academy of Science. He 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.

Life

Yves Chauvin was born on 10 October 1930 in Menen, Belgium, to French parents; his father worked as an electrical engineer. He graduated in 1954 from the École supérieure de chimie physique électronique de Lyon. He began working in the chemical industry but was frustrated there. He is quoted as saying, "If you want to find something new, look for something new...there is a certain amount of risk in this attitude, as even the slightest failure tends to be resounding, but you are so happy when you succeed that it is worth taking the risk." In 1960, Chauvin began working for the French Petroleum Institute in Rueil-Malmaison. He became honorary director of research there following his retirement from the institute in 1995. Chauvin also served as an emeritus (retired) director of research at the Lyon School of Chemistry, Physics, and Electronics.

Awards and recognitions

He 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. Chauvin was embarrassed to receive his award and initially indicated that he might not accept it. He did however receive his award from the King of Sweden and deliver his Nobel lecture. He was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 2005.

Research

Chauvin's work centred on metathesis, which involves organic (carbon-based) compounds. In metathesis, chemists break double bonds more easily by introducing a catalyst—that is, a substance that starts or speeds up a chemical reaction. Chemists began performing metathesis in the 1950s without knowing exactly how the reaction worked. This lack of understanding hindered the search for more efficient catalysts.

In the early 1970s Chauvin achieved a breakthrough when he described the mechanism by which a metal atom bound to a carbon atom in one group of atoms causes the group to shift places with a group of atoms in another molecule and explained metathesis in detail. He showed that the reaction involves two double bonds. One of the double bonds connects two parts of an organic molecule. The other double bond connects a metal-based catalyst to a fragment of an organic molecule. In metathesis, these two double bonds combine and split to make four single bonds. The single bonds form a ring that connects the metal catalyst, the organic fragment, and the two parts of the organic molecule. The metal catalyst then breaks off from the ring, carrying away part of the organic molecule. This process leaves the fragment attached to the remainder of the organic molecule with a double bond, forming a new organic compound. Scholars have compared this reaction to a dance in which two sets of partners join hands to form a ring and then split apart again to form two new partnerships.

Chauvin's description of metathesis led Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock to develop catalysts that carried out the reaction more efficiently. The three chemists' work has enabled manufacturers to make organic compounds, including some plastics and medicines, using less energy because the required reaction pressures and temperatures became lower, and using fewer harmful and expensive chemicals, and creating fewer contaminant reaction by-products and hazardous waste that must be extracted from the desired synthetic. It was for this process they were awarded with 2005 Chemistry Nobel Prize.

Death

Chauvin died, at the age of 84, on 27 January 2015 in Tours, France.

Publications

  • Yves Chauvin (2006). "Olefin Metathesis: The Early Days (Nobel Lecture)". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45 (23): 3740–3747. doi:10.1002/anie.200601234. PMID 16724296.
  • Martinato, A.; Chauvin, Y.; Lefebvre, G. (1964). "Kinetic aspects of the "period of adjustment" during polymerization (of propylene) with titanium trichloride-triethylaluminium, "Title". Comptes Rendus. 258 (17): 4271–4273.
  • Uchino, M.; Chauvin, Y.; Lefebvre, G. (1967). "Dimerization of propylene by nickel complexes". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série C. 265 (2): 103–106.
  • Herisson, J. L.; Chauvin, Y. (1971). "Catalysis of olefin transformations by tungsten complexes. II. Telomerization of cyclic olefins in the presence of acyclic olefins". Makromol. Chem. 141: 161–176. doi:10.1002/macp.1971.021410112. (This article is occasionally cited as 1970 as the year of publication due to a typographical error in the original publication.)
  • Chauvin, Y.; Gilbert, B.; Guibard, I. (1990). "Catalytic dimerization of alkenes by nickel complexes in organochloroaluminate molten salts". Chem. Comm. 23 (23): 1715–1716. doi:10.1039/c39900001715. S2CID 94961900.
  • Magna, L.; Niccolai, G. P.; Chauvin, Y.; Basset, J.-M. (2003). "The importance of imidazolium substituents in the use of imidazolium based room temperature ionic liquids as solvents for palladium catalyzed telomerization of butadiene with methanol". Organometallics. 22 (22): 4418–4425. doi:10.1021/om021057s.

References

  1. Basset, Jean-Marie (2015). "Yves Chauvin (1930–2015) Nobel-prizewinning chemist who rearranged carbon–carbon bonds". Nature. 519 (7542): 159. doi:10.1038/519159a. PMID 25762275.
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