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Jean-Marie Lehn

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jean-Marie Lehn , 1939-, French chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Strasbourg, 1963. A professor at Louis Pasteur Univ. (1970-78) and the Collège de France (1979-), Lehn did ground-breaking research in the creation of artificial enzymes. Expanding on the work of Charles J. Pedersen , Lehn synthesized a three-dimensional molecule that combined with a neurotransmitter in the brain, opening the possibility of creating artificial enzymes that function better than natural enzymes. He shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Pedersen and Donald J. Cram for the development and application of... Read more
Donald James Cram
...synthesizing three-dimensional molecules that could mimic the functioning of natural molecules. With Pedersen and Jean-Marie Lehn , Cram was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development and application of molecules with highly... Read more
Charles John Pedersen
...the 1960s, he did groundbreaking work in the creation of artificial compounds. His work was later expanded upon by Jean-Marie Lehn and Donald Cram , who synthesized enzymes. For their syntheses of molecules that mimic important biological processes... Read more

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