The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012
Robert J. Lefkowitz, Brian K. Kobilka
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012
Robert J. Lefkowitz
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Brian K. Kobilka
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Robert J. Lefkowitz
Brian K. Kobilka
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors"
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011
Dan Shechtman
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011
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Dan Shechtman
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Dan Shechtman
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 was awarded to Dan Shechtman "for the discovery of quasicrystals".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010
Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi, Akira Suzuki
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010
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Richard F. Heck
Ei-ichi Negishi
Akira Suzuki
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Richard F. Heck
Ei-ichi Negishi
Akira Suzuki
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 was awarded jointly to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, Ada E. Yonath
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Thomas A. Steitz
Ada E. Yonath
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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Thomas A. Steitz
Ada E. Yonath
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 was awarded jointly to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008
Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, Roger Y. Tsien
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008
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Osamu Shimomura
Martin Chalfie
Roger Y. Tsien
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Osamu Shimomura
Martin Chalfie
Roger Y. Tsien
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 was awarded jointly to Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007
Gerhard Ertl
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007
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Gerhard Ertl
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Gerhard Ertl
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007 was awarded to Gerhard Ertl "for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006
Roger D. Kornberg
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006
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Roger D. Kornberg
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Roger D. Kornberg
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006 was awarded to Roger D. Kornberg "for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005
Yves Chauvin, Robert H. Grubbs, Richard R. Schrock
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005
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Yves Chauvin
Robert H. Grubbs
Richard R. Schrock
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Yves Chauvin
Robert H. Grubbs
Richard R. Schrock
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005 was awarded jointly to Yves Chauvin, Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock "for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004
Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko, Irwin Rose
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004
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Aaron Ciechanover
Avram Hershko
Irwin Rose
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Aaron Ciechanover
Avram Hershko
Irwin Rose
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 was awarded jointly to Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose "for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003
Peter Agre, Roderick MacKinnon
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003
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Peter Agre
Roderick MacKinnon
Peter Agre
Roderick MacKinnon
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003 was awarded "for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes" jointly with one half to Peter Agre "for the discovery of water channels" and with one half to Roderick MacKinnon "for structural and mechanistic studies of ion channels".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002
John B. Fenn, Koichi Tanaka, Kurt Wüthrich
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002
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John B. Fenn
Koichi Tanaka
Kurt Wüthrich
John B. Fenn
Koichi Tanaka
Kurt Wüthrich
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002 was awarded "for the development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules" with one half jointly to John B. Fenn and Koichi Tanaka "for their development of soft desorption ionisation methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules" and the other half to Kurt Wüthrich "for his development of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules in solution".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001
William S. Knowles, Ryoji Noyori, K. Barry Sharpless
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001
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William S. Knowles
Ryoji Noyori
K. Barry Sharpless
William S. Knowles
Ryoji Noyori
K. Barry Sharpless
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001 was divided, one half jointly to William S. Knowles and Ryoji Noyori "for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions" and the other half to K. Barry Sharpless "for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000
Alan Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid, Hideki Shirakawa
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000
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Alan Heeger
Alan G. MacDiarmid
Hideki Shirakawa
Alan J. Heeger
Alan G. MacDiarmid
Hideki Shirakawa
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 was awarded jointly to Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999
Ahmed Zewail
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999
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Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed H. Zewail
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999 was awarded to Ahmed Zewail "for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998
Walter Kohn, John Pople
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998
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Walter Kohn
John Pople
Walter Kohn
John A. Pople
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998 was divided equally between Walter Kohn "for his development of the density-functional theory" and John A. Pople "for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1997
Paul D. Boyer, John E. Walker, Jens C. Skou
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1997
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Paul D. Boyer
John E. Walker
Jens C. Skou
Paul D. Boyer
John E. Walker
Jens C. Skou
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1997 was divided, one half jointly to Paul D. Boyer and John E. Walker "for their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)" and the other half to Jens C. Skou "for the first discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+ -ATPase".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996
Robert F. Curl Jr., Sir Harold Kroto, Richard E. Smalley
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996
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Robert F. Curl Jr.
Sir Harold Kroto
Richard E. Smalley
Robert F. Curl Jr.
Sir Harold W. Kroto
Richard E. Smalley
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996 was awarded jointly to Robert F. Curl Jr., Sir Harold W. Kroto and Richard E. Smalley "for their discovery of fullerenes".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994
George A. Olah
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994
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George A. Olah
George A. Olah
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994 was awarded to George A. Olah "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993
Kary B. Mullis, Michael Smith
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993
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Kary B. Mullis
Michael Smith
Kary B. Mullis
Michael Smith
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993 was awarded "for contributions to the developments of methods within DNA-based chemistry" jointly with one half to Kary B. Mullis "for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method"and with one half to Michael Smith "for his fundamental contributions to the establishment of oligonucleotide-based, site-directed mutagenesis and its development for protein studies".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992
Rudolph A. Marcus
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992
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Rudolph A. Marcus
Rudolph A. Marcus
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992 was awarded to Rudolph A. Marcus "for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991
Richard R. Ernst
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991
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Richard R. Ernst
Richard R. Ernst
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991 was awarded to Richard R. Ernst "for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1990
Elias James Corey
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1990
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Elias James Corey
Elias James Corey
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1990 was awarded to Elias James Corey "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989
Sidney Altman, Thomas R. Cech
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989
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Sidney Altman
Thomas R. Cech
Sidney Altman
Thomas R. Cech
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989 was awarded jointly to Sidney Altman and Thomas R. Cech "for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA"
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988
Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber, Hartmut Michel
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988
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Johann Deisenhofer
Robert Huber
Hartmut Michel
Johann Deisenhofer
Robert Huber
Hartmut Michel
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988 was awarded jointly to Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber and Hartmut Michel "for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987
Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, Charles J. Pedersen
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987
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Donald J. Cram
Jean-Marie Lehn
Charles J. Pedersen
Donald J. Cram
Jean-Marie Lehn
Charles J. Pedersen
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987 was awarded jointly to Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986
Dudley R. Herschbach, Yuan T. Lee, John C. Polanyi
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986
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Dudley R. Herschbach
Yuan T. Lee
John C. Polanyi
Dudley R. Herschbach
Yuan T. Lee
John C. Polanyi
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986 was awarded jointly to Dudley R. Herschbach, Yuan T. Lee and John C. Polanyi "for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1985
Herbert A. Hauptman, Jerome Karle
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1985
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Herbert A. Hauptman
Jerome Karle
Herbert A. Hauptman
Jerome Karle
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1985 was awarded jointly to Herbert A. Hauptman and Jerome Karle "for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures"
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984
Bruce Merrifield
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984
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Bruce Merrifield
Robert Bruce Merrifield
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984 was awarded to Bruce Merrifield "for his development of methodology for chemical synthesis on a solid matrix".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1983
Henry Taube
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1983
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Henry Taube
Henry Taube
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1983 was awarded to Henry Taube "for his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982
Aaron Klug
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982
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Aaron Klug
Aaron Klug
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982 was awarded to Aaron Klug "for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981
Kenichi Fukui, Roald Hoffmann
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981
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Kenichi Fukui
Roald Hoffmann
Kenichi Fukui
Roald Hoffmann
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981 was awarded jointly to Kenichi Fukui and Roald Hoffmann "for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions"
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980
Paul Berg, Walter Gilbert, Frederick Sanger
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980
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Paul Berg
Walter Gilbert
Frederick Sanger
Paul Berg
Walter Gilbert
Frederick Sanger
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980 was divided, one half awarded to Paul Berg"for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA", the other half jointly to Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger "for their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979
Herbert C. Brown, Georg Wittig
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979
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Herbert C. Brown
Georg Wittig
Herbert C. Brown
Georg Wittig
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979 was awarded jointly to Herbert C. Brown and Georg Wittig "for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis"
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1978
Peter Mitchell
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1978
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Peter Mitchell
Peter D. Mitchell
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1978 was awarded to Peter Mitchell "for his contribution to the understanding of biological energy transfer through the formulation of the chemiosmotic theory".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977
Ilya Prigogine
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977
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Ilya Prigogine
Ilya Prigogine
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977 was awarded to Ilya Prigogine "for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976
William Lipscomb
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976
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William Lipscomb
William N. Lipscomb
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976 was awarded to William Lipscomb "for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975
John Cornforth, Vladimir Prelog
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975
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John Cornforth
Vladimir Prelog
John Warcup Cornforth
Vladimir Prelog
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975 was divided equally between John Warcup Cornforth "for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions"and Vladimir Prelog "for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974
Paul J. Flory
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974
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Paul J. Flory
Paul J. Flory
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974 was awarded to Paul J. Flory "for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of the macromolecules".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1973
Ernst Otto Fischer, Geoffrey Wilkinson
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1973
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Ernst Otto Fischer
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Ernst Otto Fischer
Geoffrey Wilkinson
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1973 was awarded jointly to Ernst Otto Fischer and Geoffrey Wilkinson "for their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds"
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972
Christian Anfinsen, Stanford Moore, William H. Stein
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972
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Christian Anfinsen
Stanford Moore
William H. Stein
Christian B. Anfinsen
Stanford Moore
William H. Stein
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972 was divided, one half awarded to Christian B. Anfinsen "for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation", the other half jointly to Stanford Moore and William H. Stein "for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971
Gerhard Herzberg
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971
Gerhard Herzberg
Gerhard Herzberg
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971 was awarded to Gerhard Herzberg "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970
Luis Leloir
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970
Luis Leloir
Luis F. Leloir
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970 was awarded to Luis Leloir "for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1969
Derek Barton, Odd Hassel
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1969
Derek Barton
Odd Hassel
Derek H. R. Barton
Odd Hassel
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1969 was awarded jointly to Derek H. R. Barton and Odd Hassel "for their contributions to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry"
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1968
Lars Onsager
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1968
Lars Onsager
Lars Onsager
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1968 was awarded to Lars Onsager "for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes".
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967
Manfred Eigen, Ronald G.W. Norrish, George Porter