The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975
Awarded on: 1975-10-17
"for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions"
Affiliations:
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) – Zurich, Switzerland
Vladimir Prelog
Born: 1906-07-23 in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Gender: male
Field: Croatian-Swiss chemist (1906–1998)
Biography
Vladimir Prelog was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions. Prelog was born, and spent his infancy, in Sarajevo, and youth in Zagreb, Osijek and Prague. He later lived and worked in Prague, Zagreb and Zürich.