Vladimir Prelog | |
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Died | 7 January 1998 Zürich, Switzerland | (aged 91)
Alma mater | Czech Technical University in Prague (Sc.D, 1929) |
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Spouse |
Kamila Vitek (m. 1933) |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
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Doctoral advisor | Emil Votoček[citation needed] |
Vladimir Prelog ForMemRS[1] (23 July 1906 – 7 January 1998) 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 grew up in Sarajevo.[2] He lived and worked in Prague, Zagreb and Zürich during his lifetime.[3][4]