# Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureates of the 1980s

Every Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate between 1980 and 1989, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?

- 62 votes · 21 items
- Dec 14, 2019 · Craig
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## Top 21

1. **Walter Gilbert** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — 1980. For their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids.
2. **Paul Berg** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — 1980. For his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA.
3. **Frederick Sanger** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1980. For their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids.
4. **Aaron Klug** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1982. For his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes.
5. **Kenichi Fukui** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1981. For their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions.
6. **Jean-Marie Lehn** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1987. For their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity.
7. **Henry Taube** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1983. For his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes.
8. **Robert Bruce Merrifield** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1984. For his development of methodology for chemical synthesis on a solid matrix.
9. **Herbert A. Hauptman** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1985. For their outstanding achievements in developing direct methods for the determination of crystal structures.
10. **Jerome Karle** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1985. For their outstanding achievements in developing direct methods for the determination of crystal structures.
11. **Robert Huber** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1988. For their determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre.
12. **Roald Hoffmann** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1981. For their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions.
13. **John C. Polanyi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1986. For their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes.
14. **Charles J. Pedersen** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1987. For their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity.
15. **Hartmut Michel** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1988. For their determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre.
16. **Donald J. Cram** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — 1987. For their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity.
17. **Yuan T. Lee** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1986. For their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes.
18. **Johann Deisenhofer** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1988. For their determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre.
19. **Sidney Altman** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1989. For their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA.
20. **Thomas Cech** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1989. For their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA.
21. **Dudley R. Herschbach** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1986. For their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes.

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