The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987
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Donald J. Cram
Prize share: 1/3
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Jean-Marie Lehn
Prize share: 1/3
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Charles J. Pedersen
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987 was awarded jointly to Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity"
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