Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981 for Roald Hoffmann

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry international award science award

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981 for Roald Hoffmann honored his development of the Woodward–Hoffmann rules, which fundamentally explained and predicted the outcomes of pericyclic reactions in organic chemistry.

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through Roald Hoffmann)	1
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981 (for Roald Hoffmann’s theoretical work on chemical bonding)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ international award ⓘ science award ⓘ
administeredBy	Nobel Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfContribution	reaction mechanism theory ⓘ theoretical organic chemistry ⓘ
associatedPerson	Robert Burns Woodward NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardedBy	Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardYear	1981 ⓘ
basedOnWorkPeriod	1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
countryOfAwardingBody	Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
field	Chemistry ⓘ
followedBy	Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCategory	1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLaureateCitizenshipAtTime	United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorsWorkOf	Kenichi Fukui NERFINISHED ⓘ Roald Hoffmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
impact	advanced understanding of molecular orbital symmetry in reactions ⓘ influenced design of synthetic organic reactions ⓘ provided general rules for concerted reactions ⓘ
laureate	Kenichi Fukui NERFINISHED ⓘ Roald Hoffmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
laureateField	organic chemistry ⓘ theoretical chemistry ⓘ
motivation	for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions ⓘ
partOf	Nobel Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980 NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForAward	fundamental explanation of pericyclic reaction selectivity ⓘ prediction of stereochemistry in pericyclic reactions ⓘ
relatedConcept	Woodward–Hoffmann rules NERFINISHED ⓘ frontier molecular orbital theory ⓘ orbital symmetry control ⓘ pericyclic reactions ⓘ
sharedWith	Kenichi Fukui NERFINISHED ⓘ
specificContributionRecognized	development of the Woodward–Hoffmann rules ⓘ prediction of outcomes of pericyclic reactions ⓘ theoretical explanation of pericyclic reactions ⓘ

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Woodward–Hoffmann rules → recognizedBy → Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981 for Roald Hoffmann ⓘ