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Victor Grignard

Victor Grignard (1871-1935) was a French chemist who developed Grignard reagents—organomagnesium compounds—revolutionizi...

Synthesis Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S

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Francis William Aston

Francis William Aston (1877–1945) was a British physicist and chemist who pioneered the use of mass spectrometry to dete...

Isotopes Nobel Early 1900S Analytical Chemistry

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Petrus Debye

Petrus Debye (1864-1936) was a Dutch physicist and chemist who made significant contributions to physical chemistry, not...

1930S Physical Chemistry Nobel X Ray

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Paul Sabatier

Paul Sabatier (1854-1941) was a French chemist renowned for his work on hydrogenation reactions, particularly the Sabati...

Physical Chemistry Catalysis Nobel Early 1900S

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Gerhard Ertl

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German Physical Chemistry Catalysis Nobel

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Rudolph A. Marcus

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Theory Physical Chemistry Electron Transfer Current

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Adolf von Baeyer

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Indigo Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S

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Eduard Buchner

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Fermentation Biochemistry Nobel Enzymes

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Dudley R. Herschbach

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Physical Chemistry Current Nobel Reaction Dynamics

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Yuan T. Lee

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Physical Chemistry Current Nobel Reaction Dynamics

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Henri Moissan

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Nobel Early 1900S Inorganic Chemistry Fluorine

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John C. Polanyi

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Canada Physical Chemistry Spectroscopy Nobel

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John W. Cornforth

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Organic 20TH Century Nobel Stereochemistry

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George Porter

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20TH Century Physical Chemistry Nobel Kinetics

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Ronald G. W. Norrish

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20TH Century Physical Chemistry Nobel Kinetics

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Theodor Svedberg

Theodor Svedberg (1875–1964) was a Swedish physical chemist who developed ultracentrifugation techniques and earned the...

Physical Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S Colloids

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Otto Wallach

Otto Wallach (1847-1931) was a German-American chemist who received the 1910 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research i...

Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S Terpenes

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Adolf Windaus

Adolf Windaus (1876-1952) was a German chemist who received the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on sterol...

Organic Chemistry Vitamins Nobel Early 1900S

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Heinrich Otto Wieland

Heinrich Otto Wieland (1867-1955) was a German chemist who pioneered steroid chemistry, isolating and characterizing key...

Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S Bile Acids

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Richard Adolf Zsigmondy

Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865-1929) was an Austrian physical chemist who developed the ultramicroscope, enabling the vis...

Materials Nobel Early 1900S Colloid Chemistry

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