2005 NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS IN CHEMISTRY

1. METATHESISDANCESINHONOUR OF THE 2005 NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS IN CHEMISTRYBY THE KEREPESI KISVIRÁG GYERMEK TÁNCSOPORT(SMALL FLOWER CHILDREN DANCE GROUP – KEREPES, HUNGARY)Eötvös UniversityBudapest, HungaryDecember 1, 2005

2. 2005 NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS IN CHEMISTRY Yves Chauvin Institut Français du Pétrole Rueil-Malmaison, France Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, USA Richard R. Schrock Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusett, USA

3. METATHESIS http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/2005/animation.html

4. A METAL IS LOOKING FOR ACARBENE

5. THE METAL TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THECARBENE

6. M C* THE METAL-CARBENE HAS FORMED

7. C2 C2 M C1 C* C1 THE METAL-CARBENE AND THE OLEFINS/OLEFINS AREREADY

8. C2 C2 C1 C1 M C* METATHESIS ON THE WAY

9. C1 C1 C1 C2 M C2 METATHESIS ON THE WAY

10. M C2 C1 C1 C2 C1 METATHESIS ON THE WAY

11. C1 C2 C2 C2 C1 C2 C1 C2 M C1 C1 C2 C* C1 METATHESIS ON THE WAY

12. HELLO FROM BUDAPEST!

13. CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The pictures were taken by graduate student László T. Mika from Prof. István T. Horváth’s group (www.hit-team.net) at the Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary during the filming of the 2005 Noble Prize show for the weekly science program called Delta of the Hungarian State Television, broadcast on December 11, 2005. We are pleased to acknowledge the dancers of the Small Flower Children Dance Group of Kerepes, Hungary (Kerepesi Kisvirág Tánccsoport, Kerepes) for performing the metathesis dances, choreographed and directed by Mr. Imre Ragoncza. We thank Eötvös University for supporting the performance and the filming of the metathesis dances.