The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010
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Richard F. Heck
Prize share: 1/3
© The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan
Ei-ichi Negishi
Prize share: 1/3
© The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan
Akira Suzuki
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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