| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| Year: | 1968 |
| Number: | 120 - 0 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Klaus Biemann |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1926 |
| Year, Death: | 2016 |
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | MA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Carl Djerassi |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1923 |
| Year, Death: | 2015 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | Stanford University |
| City: | Stanford |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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Nominee 3:
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| Name: | Albert Jakob Eschenmoser |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1925 |
| Year, Death: | 2023 |
| Profession: | Chemist |
| University: | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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Nominee 4:
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| Name: | Vladimir Prelog |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1906 |
| Year, Death: | 1998 |
| Profession: | Chemist |
| University: | Technische Hochschule (Institute of Technology) |
| City: | Zurich |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975 |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Rudolf Morf |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1943 |
| Year, Death: | 2020 |
| City: | Basel |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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| Comments: |
First choice K. Biemann and C. Djerassi.
Second choice A. Eschenmoser and V. Prelog. |
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