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Jean-Marie Lehn
French chemist, Nobel laureate (born 1939)
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.
Jean marie lehn biography of michael
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,[update] his group has published 790 peer-reviewed articles in chemistry literature.[2]
Biography
Early years
Lehn was born in Rosheim, Alsace, France to Pierre and Marie Lehn.
He is of Alsatian German descent. His father was a baker, but because of his interest in music, he later became the city organist. Lehn also