Jean-Marie Lehn

Jean-Marie Lehn
Lehn in 2018
Born (1939-09-30) 30 September 1939 (age 85)
Rosheim, Bas-Rhin, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Strasbourg
Known forCryptands
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsSupramolecular chemistry
Institutions
ThesisRésonance magnétique nucléaire de triterpènes (1963)
Doctoral advisorGuy Ourisson
Doctoral studentsJean-Pierre Sauvage

Jean-Marie Lehn (born 30 September 1939)[2] is a French chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Donald Cram and Charles Pedersen in 1987 for his synthesis of cryptands. Lehn was an early innovator in the field of supramolecular chemistry, i.e., the chemistry of host–guest molecular assemblies created by intermolecular interactions, and continues to innovate in this field. He described the process by which molecules recognize each other. Drugs, for example, "know" which cell to destroy and which to let live.[3] As of January 2006, his group has published 790 peer-reviewed articles in chemistry literature.[2]

A circular helical assembly reported by Jean-Marie Lehn et al. in Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1996, 35, 1838–1840.
Crystal structure of a foldamer reported by Lehn et al. in Helv. Chim. Acta., 2003, 86, 1598–1624.
  1. ^ "Professor Jean-Marie Lehn ForMemRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015.
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  3. ^ Jean-Marie Lehn – Hyde Park Civilizace | Česká televize (in Czech), retrieved 10 August 2023