Vladimir Prelog

Vladimir Prelog (July 23 1906 - January 7 1998) was a renowned chemist from Croatia who worked in Prague, Zagreb and Zurich and who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1975.

Early years

Prelog was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at that time within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1915, as a child, Prelog moved to Zagreb. Educated in Zagreb and Osijek, he graduated from the Czech Institute of Technology in Prague (Praha) in 1929, receiving a degree as a chemical engineer. His teacher was Emil Voto?ek, while his assistant Rudolf Luke? introduced him to the world of organic chemistry.

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Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Austro-Hungarian Empire - 1915 - Zagreb - Osijek - Czech Institute of Technology - Prague - Praha - 1929 - Engineer - Organic chemistry

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After gaining the Sc.D. in chemistry, he started to work in the private plant laboratory of G.J. Dríza in Prague, in charge of the production of rare chemicals that were not available on the market at that time. His pastime was spent in his own research, where he started investigating alkaloids from the cacao bark.

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Sc.D. - Alkaloids - Cacao

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