The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001
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William S. Knowles
Prize share: 1/4
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Ryoji Noyori
Prize share: 1/4
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K. Barry Sharpless
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001 was divided, one half jointly to William S. Knowles and Ryoji Noyori "for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions" and the other half to K. Barry Sharpless "for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions."
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