(1999-1966)
(1965-1931)
(1930-1901)
|
YEAR |
NAME
|
REASONS
|
1999 |
AHMED
ZEWAIL |
for
his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using
femtosecond spectroscopy. |
1998 |
WALTER
KOHN
JOHN
A. POPLE
|
for
pioneering contributions in developing methods that can be used for
theoretical studies of the properties of molecules and the chemical
processes in which they are involved. |
1997 |
PAUL
D. BOYER and JOHN
E. WALKER, |
for
their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis
of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). |
JENS
C. SKOU |
for
the first discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+-ATPase. |
1996 |
ROBERT
F. CURL, Jr. , SIR
HAROLD W. KROTO , and RICHARD
E. SMALLEY |
for
their discovery of fullerenes. |
1995 |
PAUL
CRUTZEN , MARIO
MOLINA , and F.
SHERWOOD ROWLAND |
for
their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the
formation and decomposition of ozone.
|
1994 |
GEORGE
A. OLAH |
for
his contribution to carbocation chemistry. |
1993 |
KARY
B. MULLIS |
The
prize was awarded for contributions to the developments of methods
within DNA-based chemistry equally between: for his invention of
the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. |
MICHAEL
SMITH |
for
his fundamental contributions to the establishment of oligonucleiotide-based,
site-directed mutagenesis and its development for protein studies. |
1992 |
RUDOLPH
A. MARCUS |
for
his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in
chemical systems. |
1991 |
RICHARD
R. ERNST |
for
his contributions to the development of the methodology of high
resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. |
1990 |
ELIAS
JAMES COREY |
for
his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis |
1989 |
SIDNEY
ALTMAN and THOMAS
R. CECH |
for
their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA. |
1988 |
JOHANN
DEISENHOFER , ROBERT
HUBER and HARTMUT
MICHEL |
for
the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a
photosynthetic reaction centre. |
1987 |
DONALD
J. CRAM , JEAN-MARIE
LEHN and CHARLES
J. PEDERSEN |
for
their development and use of molecules with structure-specific
interactions of high selectivity. |
1986 |
DUDLEY
R. HERSCHBACH , YUAN
T. LEE and JOHN
C. POLANYI |
for
their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary
processes. |
1985 |
HERBERT
A. HAUPTMAN and JEROME
KARLE |
for
their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods
for the determination of crystal structures. |
1984 |
ROBERT
BRUCE MERRIFIELD |
for
his development of methodology for chemical synthesis on a solid
matrix. |
1983 |
HENRY
TAUBE |
for
his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially
in metal complexes. |
1982 |
SIR
AARON KLUG |
for
his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his
structural elucidation of biologically important nuclei acid-protein
complexes. |
1981 |
KENICHI
FUKUI and ROALD
HOFFMANN |
for
their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of
chemical reactions. |
1980 |
PAUL
BERG, WALTER
GILBERT |
for
his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with
particular regard to recombinant-DNA. |
FREDERICK
SANGER |
for
their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in
nucleic acids. |
1979 |
HERBERT
C. BROWN and GEORG
WITTIG |
for
their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing
compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis. |
1978 |
PETER
D. MITCHELL |
for
his contribution to the understanding of biological energy transfer
through the formulation of the chemiosmotic theory. |
1977 |
ILYA
PRIGOGINE |
for
his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the
theory of dissipative structures. |
1976 |
WILLIAM
N.. LIPSCOMB |
for
his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of
chemical bonding. |
1975 |
SIR
JOHN WARCUP CORNFORTH, |
for
his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. |
VLADIMIR
PRELOG |
for
his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and
reactions.
|
1974 |
PAUL
J. FLORY |
for
his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in
the physical chemistry of the macromolecules. |
1973 |
ERNST
OTTO FISCHER and SIR
GEOFFREY WILKINSON |
for
their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of
the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds. |
1972 |
CHRISTIAN
B. ANFINSEN |
for
his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between
the amino acid sequence and the biologically active confirmation |
STANFORD
MOORE and WILLIAM
H. STEIN |
for
their contribution to the understanding of the connection between
chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the
ribonuclease molecule. |
1971 |
GERHARD
HERZBERG |
for
his contributions to the knowledge of electronic stucture and geometry
of molecules, particularly free radicals. |
1970 |
LUIS
F. LELOIR |
for
his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis
of carbohydrates. |
1969 |
SIR
DEREK H. R. BARTON and ODD
HASSEL |
for
their contributions to the development of the concept of conformation
and its application in chemistry. |
1968
|
LARS
ONSAGER |
for
the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are
fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes. |
1967 |
MANFRED
EIGEN, RONALD
GEORGE WREYFORD NORRISH and LORD
GEORGE PORTER |
for
their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by
disturbing the equlibrium by means of very short pulses of energy. |
1966 |
ROBERT
S. MULLIKEN |
for
his fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic
structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method. |
(1999-1966)
(1965-1931)
(1930-1901)
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