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# Henri Kagan

Henri B. Kagan is a French chemist, born in Boulogne-Billancourt on 15th December 1930. He earned his doctorate at the Collège de France in 1960 and spent his career at what was then the Université Paris-Sud. In 1986 he described non-linear effects in asymmetric catalysis, showing that a catalyst can produce a purer product than itself. He shares the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kenso Soai.

**Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Université Paris-Sud (now Université Paris-Saclay)**

## Coverage

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