Vladimir Prelog
Bosnian-Swiss chemist (1906-1998) · Switzerland · On the map · Scientists · Died at 91
A chemist who mapped how molecules twist in three-dimensional space - work that won him the 1975 Nobel Prize and reshaped how organic chemistry understood structure and reaction.
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27. Tagung 1977 Chemiker; Maikäferrede- vorn- Feodor Lynen, Adolf Butenandt, Sir Derek H. R. Barton, dahinter- Vladimir Prelog, Nikolai N. Semenov, Li - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 108897e
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About this person
Vladimir Prelog was born in Sarajevo on 23 July 1906, spending his early years moving through Zagreb, Osijek, and Prague as the old empires folded. He built his career across three cities - Prague, Zagreb, and finally Zürich - studying the stereochemistry of organic molecules, the fine grammar of how atoms arrange themselves in space. That work, precise and foundational, earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975. He died in Zürich on 7 January 1998.
The same award as Vladimir
Derek BartonBoth received Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry
Richard R. SchrockBoth received August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal
George Andrew OlahBoth received Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry
Fraser StoddartBoth received Davy Medal
Robert H. GrubbsBoth received August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal
Michael GrätzelBoth received Paracelsus Prize