"Like all sciences, chemistry is marked by magic moments. For someone fortunate enough to live such a moment, it is an instant of intense emotion: an immense field of investigation suddenly opens up before you."
- Yves ChauvinFrench chemist Yves Chauvin, who is well-known for his pioneering research on chirally catalyzed hydrogenation and oxidations, once offered a perceptive analysis of the fundamentals of scientific advancement. In addition to improving our knowledge of intricate molecular changes, Chauvin, who was bor…