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Jacques Vicens’ art & science: his way of life!

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Jacques Vicens perceived a special relationship between painting and chemistry, especially supramolecular chemistry based on calixarenes, and integrated both to construct sophisticated molecules with exceptional properties. In honor of his remarkable life, this article is a survey of his way of thinking and his approach to chemistry.

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  1. Supramolecular Chemistry Research Unit and Organic Synthesis Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

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Pulpoka, B. Jacques Vicens’ art & science: his way of life!. J Incl Phenom Macrocycl Chem 101, 163–166 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10847-021-01066-6

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