The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010

Richard F. Heck

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Prize share: 1/3

Ei-ichi Negishi

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Prize share: 1/3

Akira Suzuki

© The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan

Prize share: 1/3

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 was awarded jointly to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis"

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