The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded 117 times to 200 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2025. Frederick Sanger and Barry Sharpless have both been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice. This means that a total of 198 individuals have received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Click on the links to get more information.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989
“for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988
“for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987
“for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986
“for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1985
“for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984
“for his development of methodology for chemical synthesis on a solid matrix”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1983
“for his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982
“for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981
“for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980
“for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA”
“for their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids”