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Robert B. Woodward

Robert B. Woodward was an American organic chemist whose work helped establish how complex natural products could be con...

Organic Synthesis Harvard Nobel

9.72 Brilliant

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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Through X-ray crystallography, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin revealed the three-dimensional structures of biologically import...

Structural Crystallography Biochemistry Nobel

9.62 Brilliant

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K. Barry Sharpless

K. Barry Sharpless is an organic chemist associated with two distinct contributions: asymmetric catalytic oxidation and...

Organic Asymmetric Nobel Click Chemistry

9.55 Brilliant

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Jennifer A. Doudna

Jennifer A. Doudna is an American biochemist whose research on RNA and bacterial defense systems helped establish CRISPR...

Biochemistry Crispr Berkeley Nobel

9.48 Excellent

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Robert Burns Woodward

Complex natural molecules were the central challenge of Robert Burns Woodward's career. This twentieth-century American...

American 20TH Century Nobel Laureate Total Synthesis

9.48 Excellent

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Gilbert N. Lewis

Gilbert N. Lewis helped make the behavior of electrons central to explanations of chemical bonding. An American chemist...

American 20TH Century Thermodynamics Covalent Bonding

9.41 Excellent

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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff was a Dutch chemist influential in physical chemistry during the early 20th century. His wo...

Thermodynamics Physical Chemistry Nobel Stereochemistry

9.38 Excellent

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Frances H. Arnold

Frances H. Arnold is a chemist recognized globally for her groundbreaking work in directed evolution. She developed tech...

Evolution Biochemistry Nobel Enzymes

9.35 Excellent

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Karl Ziegler

Karl Ziegler (1894-1973) was a German chemist whose research fundamentally changed polymer science. He developed innovat...

Germany 20TH Century Polymer Catalysis

9.02 Excellent

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Giulio Natta

Giulio Natta (1911-1979) was an Italian chemist whose research profoundly impacted polymer science. He pioneered techniq...

Italy 20TH Century Polymer Catalysis

8.92 Great

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George de Hevesy

George de Hevesy (1884-1966) was a chemist renowned for his innovative use of isotopes as tracers. His meticulous experi...

1940S Isotopes Nobel Radiochemistry

8.79 Great

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Georg Wittig

Georg Wittig was a 20th-century chemist renowned for his development of the Wittig reaction. This chemical process allow...

Organic 20TH Century Synthesis Nobel

8.76 Great

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Christian B. Anfinsen

Christian B. Anfinsen was a 20th-century American chemist whose research fundamentally changed biochemistry. He demonstr...

20TH Century Folding Biochemistry Proteins

8.70 Great

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Herbert C. Brown

Herbert C. Brown (1912-1997) was a prominent American chemist recognized for his groundbreaking work in organic synthesi...

Organic 20TH Century Synthesis Nobel

8.62 Great

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George Porter

George Porter (1922-2019) was a British physical chemist renowned for his development of flash photolysis. This techniqu...

20TH Century Physical Chemistry Nobel Kinetics

8.42 Great

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John W. Cornforth

John W. Cornforth (1929-2015) was a prominent British chemist specializing in organic stereochemistry and biosynthesis....

Organic 20TH Century Nobel Stereochemistry

8.38 Great

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Ronald G. W. Norrish

Ronald G. W. Norrish (1897-1976) was a British chemist renowned for his pioneering work in photochemistry and kinetics....

20TH Century Physical Chemistry Nobel Kinetics

8.30 Great

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William H. Stein

William H. Stein was a 20th-century American chemist specializing in biochemistry and protein research. His notable cont...

20TH Century Biochemistry Proteins Nobel

8.18 Great

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Stanford Moore

Stanford Moore (1918-2002) was a prominent biochemist renowned for his pioneering use of X-ray crystallography to reveal...

20TH Century Biochemistry Proteins Nobel

8.17 Great

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Darleane Hoffman

Darleane Hoffman is an American nuclear chemist known for her research on actinide and transactinide elements. Her work...

American 20TH Century Nuclear Chemistry Radiochemistry

7.43 Good