2000/01/01 by D. Arigoni, Jack D. Dunitz, Albert Eschenmoser · 1 citation
Chemistry · #Chemistry and Stereochemistry Studies #History and advancements in chemistry #Molecular spectroscopy and chirality #Memoir #Sketch #Classics #Philosophy #Computer science #Art history #History #Algorithm
paper · doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0095
openalex publication_date 2000/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26
Vladimir Prelog, one of the truly influential organic chemists of the past century, died in Zurich after a short illness on 7 January 1998. For his contributions to stereochemistry, he shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with J.W. Cornforth. In his 1991 autobiographical sketch (53)* Prelog told what he wanted to tell about himself and his work. The present memoir borrows heavily on this, but we have also drawn on our own perceptions gathered over many years of companionship and communion.