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The 164 pages that link to Nobel Prize in Chemistry, each with the reason it gives.

• Thomas A. SteitzRelated: The 2009 prize recognized Steitz, Yonath, and Ramakrishnan for ribosome structure and function.

• Tomas LindahlRelated: Lindahl received it in 2015 for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.

• Adolf ButenandtRelated: The 1939 award recognized Butenandt’s and Ruzicka’s hormone research, though wartime restrictions delayed acceptance.

• Ahmed ZewailNarrower topic: Zewail received the 1999 prize for studying transition states in chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy.

• Alan J. HeegerNarrower topic: The 2000 prize recognized Heeger’s role in establishing conductive polymers.

• Alan MacDiarmidRelated: MacDiarmid shared its 2000 award for the discovery and development of conductive polymers.

• Brian KobilkaBroader topic: The 2012 prize recognized Kobilka and Lefkowitz for work on GPCRs.

• Carolyn BertozziRelated: Bertozzi received the 2022 prize with Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless.

• Eric BetzigRelated: The 2014 prize recognized Betzig, Hell, and Moerner for super-resolution microscopy.

• Francis William AstonRelated: Aston received the 1922 prize for his discovery of isotopes in numerous non-radioactive elements.

• Friedrich BergiusRelated: Bergius shared its 1931 award with Carl Bosch for high-pressure chemical methods.

• Irwin RoseRelated: The 2004 prize recognized Rose, Hershko, and Ciechanover for their discovery.

• Jack W. SzostakCompared with: It distinguishes the chemistry award from the physiology or medicine prize Szostak received.

• James B. SumnerRelated: Sumner shared the 1946 prize for his work on enzymes, alongside Northrop and Stanley.

• John E. WalkerRelated: Walker shared the 1997 award for revealing ATP synthase’s enzymatic mechanism.

• John Howard NorthropRelated: Northrop shared the 1946 prize with Sumner and Stanley for enzyme and virus crystallization work.

• Kurt AlderNarrower topic: Its 1950 award recognized Alder and Diels for their work on the reaction.

• Luis Federico LeloirRelated: Leloir received the 1970 prize for discoveries concerning sugar nucleotides and carbohydrate metabolism.

• Melvin CalvinNarrower topic: Calvin received the 1961 prize for research on carbon dioxide assimilation in plants.

• William E. MoernerNarrower topic: The 2014 award placed Moerner’s microscopy work within the Nobel tradition of recognizing chemical measurement advances.

• Yves ChauvinRelated: The 2005 award recognized Chauvin, Grubbs, and Schrock for metathesis development.

• Arieh WarshelRelated: Warshel shared the 2013 award with Martin Karplus and Michael Levitt.

• Artturi Ilmari VirtanenRelated: Virtanen received the 1945 prize for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry.

• Ben FeringaNarrower topic: The 2016 award recognized Feringa, Stoddart, and Sauvage for molecular-machine design and synthesis.

• Derek BartonNarrower topic: Barton’s 1969 award placed conformational analysis among chemistry’s recognized advances.

• Frances ArnoldRelated: Arnold shared the 2018 prize for the directed evolution of enzymes.

• George PorterRelated: Porter shared the 1967 prize for work on extremely rapid chemical reactions.

• Herbert A. HauptmanRelated: The 1985 prize recognized Hauptman and Karle for their development of direct methods.

• Jaroslav HeyrovskýRelated: Its 1959 award recognized Heyrovský’s discovery and development of polarographic methods.

• Jean-Pierre SauvageRelated: Sauvage shared its 2016 award for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.

• Jens Christian SkouNarrower topic: The 1997 award recognized Skou’s discovery of the sodium–potassium pump.

• Jerome KarleNarrower topic: Karle’s 1985 award placed his crystallographic work within the field’s highest honors.

• John PolanyiNarrower topic: Its 1986 award recognized Polanyi alongside Herschbach and Lee.

• Karl Barry SharplessRelated: Sharpless received the prize in 2001 for asymmetric catalysis and in 2022 for click chemistry.

• M. Stanley WhittinghamRelated: Whittingham shared the 2019 prize for developing lithium-ion batteries.

• Manfred EigenRelated: The 1967 prize recognized Eigen, Norrish, and Porter for research on fast reactions.

• Michael LevittBroader topic: The 2013 prize recognized Levitt, Karplus, and Warshel for multiscale models of complex chemical systems.

• Odd HasselRelated: The 1969 prize recognized Hassel and Barton for their work on molecular conformations.

• Paul J. CrutzenNarrower topic: Crutzen’s 1995 award made atmospheric ozone chemistry a defining achievement in the prize’s history.

• Peter AgreRelated: Agre received the 2003 prize for discovering water channels in cell membranes.

• Peter D. MitchellRelated: Mitchell received the 1978 prize for his chemiosmotic theory of biological energy transfer.

• Richard Laurence Millington SyngeNarrower topic: The 1952 award recognized Synge and Martin’s development of partition chromatography.

• Richard R. ErnstNarrower topic: Ernst’s 1991 award placed his spectroscopy advances among chemistry’s recognized achievements.

• Rosalyn Sussman YalowCompared with: Yalow’s Nobel recognized medical impact, although radioimmunoassay also transformed chemical measurement.

• Stefan HellNarrower topic: The 2014 award recognized Hell, Betzig, and Moerner for super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.

• William LipscombNarrower topic: The 1976 award recognized Lipscomb’s work on boranes and chemical bonding.

• Alec ToddRelated: Todd received the 1957 award for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide coenzymes.

• Cyril N. HinshelwoodNarrower topic: Its 1956 award recognized Hinshelwood and Semenov’s work on chemical reaction mechanisms.

• Demis HassabisRelated: Hassabis shared the 2024 prize for protein-structure prediction with John Jumper.

• Fritz PreglNarrower topic: Pregl’s 1923 award placed microanalysis among chemistry’s recognized advances.