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Organic Synthesis Harvard Nobel

9.7 Brilliant

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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

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Thermodynamics Physical Chemistry Nobel Stereochemistry

9.4 Excellent

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Victor Grignard

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Synthesis Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S

9.1 Excellent

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Francis William Aston

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Isotopes Nobel Early 1900S Analytical Chemistry

9.0 Excellent

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Paul Sabatier

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8.9 Great

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8.8 Great

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Eduard Buchner

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8.7 Great

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Henri Moissan

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8.6 Great

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Leopold Ružička

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8.3 Great

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1930S Organic Chemistry Nobel Hemin

8.3 Great

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Walter Haworth

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Vitamin C 1930S Organic Chemistry Nobel

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Otto Wallach

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8.1 Great

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Paul Karrer

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1930S Organic Chemistry Vitamins Nobel

8.1 Great

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Heinrich Otto Wieland

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Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S Bile Acids

7.9 Good

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Richard Kuhn

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1930S Organic Chemistry Vitamins Nobel

7.9 Good

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Fritz Pregl

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Organic Nobel Early 1900S Analytical Chemistry

7.8 Good

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Richard Adolf Zsigmondy

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Materials Nobel Early 1900S Colloid Chemistry

7.8 Good

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Arthur Harden

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Fermentation Biochemistry Nobel Enzymes

7.8 Good

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Hans von Euler-Chelpin

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Fermentation Biochemistry Nobel Enzymes

7.4 Good