Henri B. Kagan - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 2026
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Henri B. Kagan

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 2026
for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
Together with: Kensō Soai
Citizenship
FranceFrance
Languages
French
date of birth
12/15/1930
place of birth
Boulogne-Billancourt
Age
95 years
occupation
  • university teacher
  • chemist
field of work
  • enantioselective synthesis
educated at
  • Chimie ParisTech
  • Science Faculty of Paris
employer
  • University of Paris-Sud
member of
  • Institut Universitaire de France
  • French Academy of Sciences
  • Polish Academy of Sciences
doctoral student
  • Pierre van de Weghe
  • Remi Chauvin
  • Olivier Riant
  • Christophe Boisson
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