text: 1961: Eugène Schuëller Prize (ENSCP)
     1971: prize of the Organic Chemistry Division of the French Chemical Society
     1986: La Caze Prize of the French Academy of sciences and Berthelot Medal of the French Academy of sciences
     1988: CNRS silver medal
     1993: Corresponding member of the French Academy of sciences.
     1994: Achille-Le-Bel Grand Prize of the Chemical Society of France.
     2000: Officier of the Ordre National du Mérite
     2012: Officier of the Ordre national de la Légion d'Honneur
     2018: Commandeur in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques