Sarajevo, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
Died
7 January 1998(1998-01-07) (aged 91)
Zürich, Switzerland
Alma mater
Czech Technical University in Prague (Sc.D, 1929)
Known for
Organic chemistry
Biochemistry
Conformational analysis
Cahn-Ingold-Prelog priority rules
Prelog strain
Klyne-Prelog system
Prelog's rule
Prelog-Djerassi lactone
Spouse
Kamila Vitek
(m. 1933)
Awards
Centenary Prize (1949)
ForMemRS (1962)[1]
Marcel Benoist Prize (1964)
Davy Medal (1967)
Paul Karrer Gold Medal (1974)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1975)
Chirality Medal (1992)
Scientific career
Fields
Biochemistry
Institutions
Czech Institute of Technology
University of Zagreb
ETH Zürich
Doctoral advisor
Emil Votoček[citation needed]
Vladimir PrelogForMemRS[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]
^ abArigoni, D.; Dunitz, J. D.; Eschenmoser, A. (2000). "Vladimir Prelog. 23 July 1906 – 7 January 1998: Elected For.Mem.R.S. 1962". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 46: 443. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0095.
^Vladimir Prelog (1975) Autobiography, the Nobel Committee.
^James, Laylin K. (2006). Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, 1901–1992. American Chemical Society & Chemical Heritage Foundation. ISBN 0-8412-2459-5.
^Dunitz, J. D. (1998). "Obituary: Vladimir Prelog (1906–98)". Nature. 391 (6667): 542. Bibcode:1998Natur.391..542D. doi:10.1038/35279. S2CID 4374006.
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