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The 164 pages that link to Nobel Prize in Chemistry, each with the reason it gives.
Irving LangmuirRelated: Langmuir received the 1932 prize for discoveries and investigations in surface chemistry.
Jacobus Henricus van ’t HoffRelated: Van ’t Hoff received its inaugural award in 1901 for his work on chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure.
Jean-Marie LehnNarrower topic: The 1987 award recognized Lehn’s work alongside complementary achievements by Cram and Pedersen.
Alfred WernerRelated: Werner received the 1913 prize for his work on the linkage of atoms in molecules.
George de HevesyNarrower topic: De Hevesy's 1943 prize placed his isotope research among the field's recognized achievements.
Harold UreyNarrower topic: Urey received the 1934 prize for discovering heavy hydrogen and investigating its properties.
Henri MoissanRelated: Moissan received the 1906 prize for isolating fluorine and developing the electric furnace.
Magic acidRelated: Olah received the 1994 prize for research on carbocations, a field advanced by magic acid.
Osamu ShimomuraNarrower topic: Shimomura shared its 2008 award with Chalfie and Tsien for GFP research.
Robert RobinsonRelated: Robinson received the 1947 prize for his investigations of plant products important in biology and medicine.
Robert S. MullikenRelated: The 1966 prize recognized Mulliken’s fundamental work on chemical bonds and molecular electronic structure.
Ryōji NoyoriNarrower topic: The prize provides the broader context for Noyori’s 2001 recognition.
Vladimir PrelogNarrower topic: Its 1975 award recognized Prelog’s contributions to stereochemistry alongside Cornforth’s work.
Aaron KlugRelated: Klug received the 1982 prize for developing crystallographic electron microscopy and elucidating biologically important structures.
Akira SuzukiNarrower topic: The 2010 prize recognized Suzuki, Heck, and Negishi for palladium-catalyzed coupling.
Arthur HardenRelated: Harden received the 1929 award jointly with Hans von Euler-Chelpin.
Aziz SancarRelated: Sancar received the 2015 prize with Lindahl and Modrich for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.
Carol W. GreiderCompared with: Greider’s recognition came in Physiology or Medicine, highlighting telomerase’s biological significance.
Elias James CoreyRelated: Corey received the 1990 prize for developing the theory and methodology of organic synthesis.
Geoffrey WilkinsonRelated: The 1973 prize recognized Wilkinson and Fischer for their pioneering work on organometallic compounds.
John B. GoodenoughRelated: Goodenough shared the 2019 prize for the development of lithium-ion batteries.
Karl ZieglerRelated: Ziegler shared the 1963 prize with Giulio Natta for their work on high polymers.
Karolinska InstituteCompared with: Unlike the medicine prize, it is selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Paul KarrerRelated: Karrer shared its 1937 award with Walter Norman Haworth for research on vitamins.
Paul SabatierRelated: The 1912 award recognized Sabatier’s method alongside Grignard’s separate discovery.
Richard SmalleyNarrower topic: The 1996 award recognized Smalley, Curl, and Kroto for their fullerene discovery.
Robert CurlNarrower topic: The 1996 prize recognized Curl, Kroto, and Smalley for their fullerene discovery.
Robert H. GrubbsRelated: The 2005 prize recognized Grubbs, Chauvin, and Schrock for advances in olefin metathesis.
Theodor SvedbergRelated: Svedberg received the 1926 prize for his work on colloids.
Victor GrignardRelated: The 1912 prize recognized Grignard’s discovery of the reagent and its use in preparing alcohols.
Walter GilbertRelated: Gilbert received the 1980 prize for determining base sequences in nucleic acids.
Aaron CiechanoverNarrower topic: The 2004 prize recognized the trio’s discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation.
Adolf WindausNarrower topic: Windaus received the 1928 prize for research on the constitution of sterols and their connection with vitamins.
Akira YoshinoNarrower topic: The 2019 prize jointly recognized Yoshino, Whittingham, and Goodenough for lithium-ion batteries.
Arne TiseliusRelated: Tiselius received the 1948 prize for research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis.
Avram HershkoNarrower topic: Hershko received the 2004 prize with Ciechanover and Rose for their discovery.
Dan ShechtmanBroader topic: Its 2011 award recognized Shechtman’s discovery of quasicrystals.
Giulio NattaRelated: The 1963 award recognized Natta and Ziegler for their work on high polymers.
Hans FischerRelated: Fischer received the 1930 prize for research on hemin and chlorophyll.
Harry KrotoNarrower topic: Its 1996 award recognized Kroto, Curl, and Smalley for their fullerene discovery.
Herbert C. BrownNarrower topic: The 1979 award recognized Brown’s organoborane work alongside Wittig’s reagent chemistry.
Hideki ShirakawaNarrower topic: The 2000 prize recognized Shirakawa, MacDiarmid, and Heeger for conductive polymer research.
Koichi TanakaNarrower topic: Tanaka received half of its 2002 award for advancing mass spectrometric analysis.
Lars OnsagerRelated: Onsager received the 1968 prize for reciprocal relations in irreversible thermodynamics.
Leopold RužičkaRelated: Ružička received the 1939 award for work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes.
Martin ChalfieNarrower topic: Chalfie shared its 2008 award for work on GFP.
Otto DielsRelated: The 1950 prize recognized Diels and Alder’s discovery of their namesake reaction.
PolarographyNarrower topic: Heyrovský’s 1959 award recognized his discovery and development of polarographic methods.
Roger Y. TsienRelated: Tsien shared its 2008 award with Shimomura and Chalfie for green fluorescent protein work.
Sidney AltmanRelated: Altman shared the 1989 award with Thomas Cech for discovering RNA’s catalytic properties.