The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022

Carolyn R. Bertozzi

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Prize share: 1/3

Morten Meldal

© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Stefan Bladh

Prize share: 1/3

K. Barry Sharpless

© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Stefan Bladh

Prize share: 1/3

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded jointly to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry"

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