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Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Leopold Ruzicka, 1939

In 1939 Leopold Ruzicka shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes.

The prize was divided with Adolf Butenandt; the motivation is the Nobel Foundation’s wording.

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939 was divided equally between Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt "for his work on sex hormones" and Leopold Ruzicka "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes"

NOBEL-2 · Nobel Prize Outreach · read 2026-09-30

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Leopold Ruzicka shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes.
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939 was divided equally between Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt "for his work on sex hormones" and Leopold Ruzicka "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes"

NOBEL-2 · Nobel Prize Outreach · read 2026-09-30

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  • Leopold Ruzicka (chemist)
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    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939 was divided equally between Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt "for his work on sex hormones" and Leopold Ruzicka "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes"

    NOBEL-2 · Nobel Prize Outreach · read 2026-09-30

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  1. NOBEL-2 · Nobel Prize Outreach. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939 (summary). nobelprize.org. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1939/summary… · read 2026-09-30 · © The Nobel Foundation; the motivation quoted

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