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Résumé

The area named "Chemical Topology" is mostly concerned with molecules whose molecular graph is non planar, i.e. which can not be represented in a plane without crossing points. The most important family of such compounds is that of catenanes. The simplest catenane, a [2] catenane, consists of two interlocking rings. Rotaxanes consist of rings threaded by acyclic fragments (axes). The simplest rotaxane, a [2] rotaxane, contains two non-covalently connected components : a ring and an axis, the axis being end-functionalised by bulky groups preventing unthreading of the non cyclic fragment from the cycle. Interlocking ring compounds have attracted much interest in the molecular sciences, first as pure synthetic challenges and, more recently, as components of functional materials. In recent years, spectacular progress has been made. Highly functional and complex systems have been reported by several research teams, demonstrating the power of modern synthetic tools based on "template effects".

Jean-Pierre Sauvage

Jean-Pierre Sauvage conducted his research at the CNRS from 1971 till 2014 at the University of Strasbourg, where is now Professeur Emérite. He defended his thesis in 1971, supervised by Jean-Marie Lehn, himself Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987. Joining the CNRS in 1971, he made his postdoc in Oxford from 1973 till 1974, became Directeur de Recherche in 1979, obtaining the silver medal of CNRS in 1988. Jean-Pierre Sauvage works in the Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires in Strasbourg.

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Jean-Pierre Sauvage

Prix Nobel de chimie 2016