1. METATHESIS DANCES IN HONOUR OF THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS IN CHEMISTRY BY THE KEREPESI KISVIRÁG GYERMEK TÁNCSOPORT (SMALL FLOWER CHILDREN DANCE GROUP – KEREPES, HUNGARY) Eötvös University Budapest, Hungary December 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

4. A METAL IS LOOKING FOR A CARBENE

5. THE METAL TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CARBENE

6. THE METAL-CARBENE HAS FORMED

7. THE METAL-CARBENE AND THE OLEFINS/OLEFINS ARE READY

8. METATHESIS ON THE WAY C2 M C* C1

9. METATHESIS ON THE WAY C1 M C2 C1

10. METATHESIS ON THE WAY M C1 C2 C1 C2

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

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 ( 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.