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Robert B. Woodward

Robert B. Woodward (1921-1990) was an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in organic synthesis, particular...

Organic Synthesis Harvard Nobel

9.7 Brilliant

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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852-1911) was a Dutch physical chemist who pioneered the application of chemical equilibr...

Thermodynamics Physical Chemistry Nobel Stereochemistry

9.4 Excellent

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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

9.0 Excellent

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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

8.9 Great

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Georg Wittig

Georg Wittig was a German chemist who developed the Wittig reaction in 1953, a chemical transformation used to synthesiz...

Organic 20TH Century Synthesis Nobel

8.8 Great

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Adolf von Baeyer

Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917) was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1905 for his work on orga...

Indigo Organic Chemistry Nobel Early 1900S

8.8 Great

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Eduard Buchner

Eduard Buchner (1860-1925) was a German biochemist who demonstrated that alcoholic fermentation could occur using yeast...

Fermentation Biochemistry Nobel Enzymes

8.7 Great

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Herbert C. Brown

Herbert C. Brown (1912-1997) was an American chemist who developed methods for carbon-carbon bond formation, notably the...

Organic 20TH Century Synthesis Nobel

8.6 Great

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Henri Moissan

Henri Moissan (1859-1904) was a French chemist who synthesized elemental fluorine in 1900 and received the Nobel Prize i...

Nobel Early 1900S Inorganic Chemistry Fluorine

8.6 Great

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Leopold Ružička

Leopold Ružička (1908-1997) was an Austrian-Swiss biochemist who pioneered steroid chemistry and earned the 1977 Nobel P...

1930S Organic Chemistry Nobel Terpenes

8.4 Great

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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

8.3 Great

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Hans Fischer

Hans Fischer (1886-1982) was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1952 for his research on vita...

1930S Organic Chemistry Nobel Hemin

8.3 Great

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Walter Haworth

Walter Norman Haworth (1892-1940) was a British biochemist renowned for his pioneering work determining the structures o...

Vitamin C 1930S Organic Chemistry Nobel

8.3 Great

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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

8.1 Great

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Paul Karrer

Paul Karrer (1889-1971) was a Swiss chemist who specialized in carotenoids and flavonoids, earning the 1937 Nobel Prize...

1930S Organic Chemistry Vitamins Nobel

8.1 Great

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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

8.0 Great

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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

7.9 Good

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Richard Kuhn

Richard Kuhn (1900-1967) was a German-Swiss biochemist who received the 1938 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on vi...

1930S Organic Chemistry Vitamins Nobel

7.9 Good

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Fritz Pregl

Fritz Pregl (1869-1930) was an Austrian chemist who developed a method for quantitative amino acid analysis, earning him...

Organic Nobel Early 1900S Analytical Chemistry

7.8 Good

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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

7.8 Good