Timeline Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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• 1901 Jacobus van 't Hoff wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1901 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, for discovering the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure — the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• 1902 Emil Fischer wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1902 Hermann Emil Fischer, for his work on the synthesis of sugars and purines.
• 1903 Svante Arrhenius wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903 Svante Arrhenius, for his electrolytic theory of dissociation.
• 1904 William Ramsay wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1904 William Ramsay, for discovering the noble gases and placing them in the periodic table.
• 1905 Adolf von Baeyer wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1905 Adolf von Baeyer, for his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds.
• 1906 Henri Moissan wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1906 Henri Moissan, for isolating fluorine and developing the electric furnace.
• 1907 Eduard Buchner wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1907 Eduard Buchner, for discovering cell-free fermentation.
• 1908 Ernest Rutherford wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908 Ernest Rutherford, born in New Zealand, for his investigations into the disintegration of elements and the chemistry of radioactive substances.
• 1909 Wilhelm Ostwald wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1909 Wilhelm Ostwald, for his work on catalysis, chemical equilibrium and reaction rates.
• 1910 Otto Wallach wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1910 Otto Wallach, for pioneering work on alicyclic compounds.
• 1911 Marie Curie Wins Second Nobel Prize Chemistry prize honors the discovery of radium and polonium Marie Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on 10 December 1911 for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium and her work isolating radium. She remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences. The award came amid a public scandal in the French press over her personal life.
• 1912 Grignard and Sabatier win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1912 Victor Grignard for the Grignard reagent, and Paul Sabatier for hydrogenating organic compounds with fine metal catalysts.
• 1913 Alfred Werner wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1913 Alfred Werner, for his work on how atoms bond in molecules, the foundation of coordination chemistry.
• 1914 Theodore Richards wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1914 Theodore William Richards, for accurately determining the atomic weights of many elements — the first American chemistry laureate. Awarded in 1915 as the 1914 prize.
• 1915 Richard Willstätter wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1915 Richard Willstätter, for his research on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll.
• 1918 Fritz Haber awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry Chemist honoured for synthesizing ammonia from nitrogen Fritz Haber received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a process to synthesize ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen, a breakthrough that enabled mass production of fertilizer and dramatically increased global food output. The award proved controversial given Haber's wartime role developing chemical weapons for Germany. The Haber-Bosch process remains fundamental to industrial agriculture today.
• 1920 Walther Nernst wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1920 Walther Nernst, for his work in thermochemistry and the third law of thermodynamics. Awarded in 1921 as the 1920 prize.
• 1921 Frederick Soddy wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1921 Frederick Soddy, for the chemistry of radioactive substances and the origin and nature of isotopes. Awarded in 1922 as the 1921 prize.
• 1922 Francis Aston wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922 Francis William Aston, for discovering isotopes of non-radioactive elements with his mass spectrograph.
• 1923 Fritz Pregl wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1923 Fritz Pregl, for inventing the micro-analysis of organic substances.
• 1925 Richard Zsigmondy wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1925 Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, for showing the heterogeneous nature of colloid solutions. Awarded in 1926 as the 1925 prize.
• 1926 The Svedberg wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1926 The Svedberg, for his work on disperse systems and the ultracentrifuge.
• 1927 Heinrich Wieland wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1927 Heinrich Otto Wieland, for his investigations of the bile acids. Awarded in 1928 as the 1927 prize.
• 1928 Adolf Windaus wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1928 Adolf Windaus, for research on sterols and their connection with vitamins.
• 1929 Harden and von Euler-Chelpin win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1929 Arthur Harden and Hans von Euler-Chelpin, for investigating the fermentation of sugar and the enzymes involved.
• 1930 Hans Fischer wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1930 Hans Fischer, for research on haemin and chlorophyll, and for synthesising haemin.
• 1931 Bosch and Bergius win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1931 Carl Bosch and Friedrich Bergius, for inventing and developing high-pressure chemical methods.
• 1932 Irving Langmuir wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1932 Irving Langmuir, for his discoveries in surface chemistry.
• 1934 Harold Urey wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1934 Harold Clayton Urey, for discovering heavy hydrogen (deuterium).
• 1935 Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935 Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie, for synthesising new radioactive elements. Irène was the daughter of Marie Curie.
• 1936 Peter Debye wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1936 Peter Debye, for studying molecular structure through dipole moments and the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases.
• 1937 Haworth and Karrer win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1937 Walter Haworth for research on carbohydrates and vitamin C, and Paul Karrer for carotenoids, flavins and vitamins A and B2.
• 1938 Richard Kuhn wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1938 Richard Kuhn, for his work on carotenoids and vitamins. The Nazi regime forced him to decline the prize.
• 1939 Butenandt and Ružička win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939 Adolf Butenandt for his work on sex hormones, and Leopold Ružička for polymethylenes and higher terpenes. Butenandt was forced by the Nazi regime to decline.
• 1943 George de Hevesy wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1943 George de Hevesy, for using isotopes as tracers to study chemical processes. Awarded in 1944 as the 1943 prize.
• 1944 Otto Hahn wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1944 Otto Hahn, for discovering the fission of heavy nuclei. Awarded in 1945 as the 1944 prize.
• 1945 Artturi Virtanen wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1945 Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, for research in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially his method of preserving fodder.
• 1946 Sumner, Northrop and Stanley win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946 James Sumner for discovering that enzymes can be crystallised, and John Northrop and Wendell Stanley for preparing enzymes and virus proteins in pure form.
• 1947 Robert Robinson wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1947 Robert Robinson, for his research on plant alkaloids.
• 1948 Arne Tiselius wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1948 Arne Tiselius, for electrophoresis and his discoveries on the proteins in blood serum.
• 1949 William Giauque wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1949 William Giauque, for his contributions to chemical thermodynamics at extremely low temperatures.
• 1950 Diels and Alder win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950 Otto Diels and Kurt Alder, for discovering and developing the diene synthesis — the Diels-Alder reaction.
• 1951 McMillan and Seaborg win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951 Edwin McMillan and Glenn Seaborg, for discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements.
• 1952 Martin and Synge win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952 Archer Martin and Richard Synge, for inventing partition chromatography.
• 1953 Hermann Staudinger wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1953 Hermann Staudinger, for his discoveries in macromolecular chemistry — the science of polymers.
• 1954 Linus Pauling wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954 Linus Pauling, for research into the nature of the chemical bond. He won the Peace Prize in 1962, the only person with two unshared Nobel Prizes.
• 1955 Vincent du Vigneaud wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955 Vincent du Vigneaud, for work on sulphur compounds, especially the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone.
• 1956 Hinshelwood and Semenov win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1956 Cyril Hinshelwood and Nikolay Semenov, for research into the mechanism of chemical reactions.
• 1957 Alexander Todd wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1957 Alexander Todd, for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide coenzymes.
• 1958 Frederick Sanger wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958 Frederick Sanger, for his work on the structure of proteins, especially insulin — the first of his two chemistry prizes.
• 1959 Jaroslav Heyrovský wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1959 Jaroslav Heyrovský, for discovering and developing polarographic analysis.
• 1960 Willard Libby wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1960 Willard Libby, for using carbon-14 to determine age — radiocarbon dating.
• 1961 Melvin Calvin wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1961 Melvin Calvin, for research on how plants assimilate carbon dioxide — the Calvin cycle.
• 1962 Perutz and Kendrew win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962 Max Perutz and John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of globular proteins.
• 1963 Ziegler and Natta win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta, for discoveries in the chemistry and technology of high polymers.
• 1964 Dorothy Hodgkin wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1964 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, for determining the structures of important biochemical substances, including penicillin and vitamin B12, by X-ray techniques.
• 1965 Robert Burns Woodward wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1965 Robert Burns Woodward, for his achievements in the art of organic synthesis.
• 1966 Robert Mulliken wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1966 Robert S. Mulliken, for his work on chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the orbital method.
• 1967 Eigen, Norrish and Porter win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967 Manfred Eigen, Ronald Norrish and George Porter, for studying extremely fast chemical reactions.
• 1968 Lars Onsager wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1968 Lars Onsager, for the reciprocal relations fundamental to the thermodynamics of irreversible processes.
• 1969 Barton and Hassel win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1969 Derek Barton and Odd Hassel, for developing the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry.
• 1970 Luis Leloir wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970 Luis F. Leloir, for discovering sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates.
• 1971 Gerhard Herzberg wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971 Gerhard Herzberg, for his contributions to the electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals.
• 1972 Anfinsen, Moore and Stein win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972 Christian Anfinsen, Stanford Moore and William Stein, for their work on ribonuclease and the link between structure and activity.
• 1973 Fischer and Wilkinson win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1973 Ernst Otto Fischer and Geoffrey Wilkinson, for their work on organometallic sandwich compounds.
• 1974 Paul Flory wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974 Paul J. Flory, for his achievements in the physical chemistry of macromolecules.
• 1975 Cornforth and Prelog win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975 John Cornforth and Vladimir Prelog, for their work on the stereochemistry of enzyme reactions and organic molecules.
• 1976 William Lipscomb wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976 William N. Lipscomb, for his studies on the structure of boranes and chemical bonding.
• 1977 Ilya Prigogine wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977 Ilya Prigogine, for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics and the theory of dissipative structures.
• 1978 Peter Mitchell wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1978 Peter D. Mitchell, for his chemiosmotic theory of biological energy transfer.
• 1979 Brown and Wittig win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979 Herbert C. Brown and Georg Wittig, for developing boron and phosphorus compounds as reagents in organic synthesis.
• 1980 Berg, Gilbert and Sanger win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980 Paul Berg for recombinant DNA, and Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger for methods of DNA sequencing — Sangers second chemistry prize.
• 1981 Fukui and Hoffmann win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981 Kenichi Fukui and Roald Hoffmann, for their theories on the course of chemical reactions.
• 1982 Aaron Klug wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982 Aaron Klug, for crystallographic electron microscopy and the structure of nucleic acid-protein complexes.
• 1983 Henry Taube wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1983 Henry Taube, for his work on electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes.
• 1984 Bruce Merrifield wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984 Robert Bruce Merrifield, for his method of chemical synthesis on a solid matrix.
• 1985 Hauptman and Karle win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1985 Herbert Hauptman and Jerome Karle, for direct methods of determining crystal structures.
• 1986 Herschbach, Lee and Polanyi win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986 Dudley Herschbach, Yuan T. Lee and John Polanyi, for the dynamics of elementary chemical processes.
• 1987 Cram, Lehn and Pedersen win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987 Donald Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles Pedersen, for molecules with highly selective structure-specific interactions.
• 1988 Deisenhofer, Huber and Michel win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988 Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber and Hartmut Michel, for the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre.
• 1989 Altman and Cech win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989 Sidney Altman and Thomas Cech, for discovering the catalytic properties of RNA.
• 1990 Elias James Corey wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1990 Elias James Corey, for developing the theory and methodology of organic synthesis.
• 1991 Richard Ernst wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991 Richard R. Ernst, for developing high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
• 1992 Rudolph A. Marcus wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He received the call while presenting a paper on electron transfer at an Electrochemical Society meeting in Toronto — the staff initially thought it was a prank and called Stockholm to verify.
• 1993 Mullis and Smith win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993 Kary Mullis for inventing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and Michael Smith for site-directed mutagenesis.
• 1994 George Olah wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994 George A. Olah, for his contributions to carbocation chemistry.
• 1995 Crutzen, Molina and Rowland win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995 Paul Crutzen, Mario Molina and Sherwood Rowland, for their work on the formation and breakdown of the ozone layer.
• 1996 Curl, Kroto and Smalley win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996 Robert Curl, Harold Kroto and Richard Smalley, for discovering fullerenes.
• 1997 Boyer, Walker and Skou win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1997 Paul Boyer and John Walker for the mechanism behind the synthesis of ATP, and Jens Skou for the first ion-transporting enzyme.
• 1998 Kohn and Pople win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1998 Walter Kohn for density-functional theory, and John Pople for computational methods in quantum chemistry.
• 1999 Ahmed Zewail wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999 Ahmed Zewail, born in Egypt, for studying the transition states of chemical reactions with femtosecond spectroscopy.
• 2000 Heeger, MacDiarmid and Shirakawa win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 Alan Heeger, Alan MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa, for discovering and developing conductive polymers.
• 2001 Knowles, Noyori and Sharpless win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001 William Knowles and Ryōji Noyori for chirally catalysed hydrogenation, and K. Barry Sharpless for chirally catalysed oxidation.
• 2002 Fenn, Tanaka and Wüthrich win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002 John Fenn and Koichi Tanaka for mass spectrometry of biological macromolecules, and Kurt Wüthrich for determining their structure by NMR.
• 2003 Agre and MacKinnon win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003 Peter Agre for discovering water channels, and Roderick MacKinnon for the structure of ion channels in cell membranes.
• 2004 Ciechanover, Hershko and Rose win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose, for discovering ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation.
• 2005 Chauvin, Grubbs and Schrock win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005 Yves Chauvin, Robert Grubbs and Richard Schrock, for developing the metathesis method in organic synthesis.
• 2006 Roger Kornberg wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006 Roger D. Kornberg, for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription.
• 2007 Gerhard Ertl wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007 Gerhard Ertl, for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces.
• 2008 Shimomura, Chalfie and Tsien win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien, for discovering and developing the green fluorescent protein (GFP).
• 2009 Ramakrishnan, Steitz and Yonath win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath, for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.
• 2010 Heck, Negishi and Suzuki win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki, for palladium-catalysed cross couplings in organic synthesis.
• 2011 Dan Shechtman wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 Dan Shechtman, for discovering quasicrystals.
• 2012 Lefkowitz and Kobilka win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka, for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors.
• 2013 Karplus, Levitt and Warshel win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel, for developing multiscale models of complex chemical systems.
• 2014 Betzig, Hell and Moerner win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and William Moerner, for developing super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.
• 2015 Lindahl, Modrich and Sancar win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar, for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.
• 2016 Sauvage, Stoddart and Feringa win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart and Ben Feringa, for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.
• 2017 Dubochet, Frank and Henderson win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson, for cryo-electron microscopy of biomolecules.
• 2018 Arnold, Smith and Winter win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 Frances Arnold for the directed evolution of enzymes, and George Smith and Gregory Winter for the phage display of peptides and antibodies.
• 2019 Goodenough, Whittingham and Yoshino win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino, for developing lithium-ion batteries. Goodenough, 97, became the oldest laureate.
• 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for CRISPR Charpentier and Doudna honored for gene-editing tool Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on 7 October 2020 for developing CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, the first time the prize went to an all-female team. The technology has transformed biological research and holds promise for treating genetic disease.
• 2021 List and MacMillan win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 Benjamin List and David MacMillan, for developing asymmetric organocatalysis.
• 2022 Bertozzi, Meldal and Sharpless win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless, for click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry — Sharplesss second chemistry prize.
• 2023 Bawendi, Brus and Ekimov win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov, for discovering and synthesising quantum dots.
• 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for protein structure David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper honoured The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced on 9 October, going to David Baker for computational protein design and to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for AlphaFold's prediction of protein structures.
• 2025 Kitagawa, Robson and Yaghi win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi, for developing metal-organic frameworks.
• 2026 Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai, for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis — how a small excess of one mirror-image form of a molecule can be amplified into an almost pure product.