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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022

  * Carolyn Bertozzi
  * Morten Meldal
  * K. Barry Sharpless

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022

Carolyn R. BertozziCarolyn R. Bertozzi

Ill. Niklas Elmehed (c) Nobel Prize Outreach

Carolyn R. Bertozzi

Prize share: 1/3

Morten MeldalMorten Meldal

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Morten Meldal

Prize share: 1/3

K. Barry SharplessK. Barry Sharpless

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K. Barry Sharpless

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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