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Robert B. Woodward

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Organic Synthesis Harvard Nobel

9.7 Brilliant

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K. Barry Sharpless

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Organic Asymmetric Nobel Click Chemistry

9.6 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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George A. Olah

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Organic Usc Nobel Carbocations

9.1 Excellent

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Akira Suzuki

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Organic Japanese Nobel Cross Coupling

9.1 Excellent

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Bernard L. Feringa

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Organic Dutch Nobel Molecular Machines

9.0 Excellent

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Karl Ziegler

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Germany 20TH Century Polymer Catalysis

9.0 Excellent

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8.9 Great

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David W.C. MacMillan

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Organic Asymmetric Nobel Organocatalysis

8.9 Great

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Richard F. Heck

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Organic American Nobel Cross Coupling

8.9 Great

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Irène Joliot-Curie

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Radioactivity France 20TH Century Nobel

8.9 Great

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Giulio Natta

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Italy 20TH Century Polymer Catalysis

8.9 Great

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Georg Wittig

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Organic 20TH Century Synthesis Nobel

8.8 Great

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Ei-ichi Negishi

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Organic Japanese Nobel Cross Coupling

8.7 Great

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Frédéric Joliot

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Radioactivity France 20TH Century Nobel

8.7 Great

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Christian B. Anfinsen

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20TH Century Folding Biochemistry Proteins

8.7 Great

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Herbert C. Brown

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Organic 20TH Century Synthesis Nobel

8.6 Great

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George Porter

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20TH Century Physical Chemistry Nobel Kinetics

8.4 Great

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Ronald G. W. Norrish

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20TH Century Physical Chemistry Nobel Kinetics

8.3 Great

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William H. Stein

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20TH Century Biochemistry Proteins Nobel

8.2 Great