In 1965, Robert Burns Woodward and Roald Hoffmann explained the stereospecificity of pericyclic reactions

Nobel Laureate Staudinger was the father of polymer chemistry and discovered the ketenes

Nobel Laureate, eminent immunologist, and founder of chemotherapy

Nuclear researcher and co-discoverer of 12 elements

Inventor of the eponymous aldol condensation

A role model for her pursuit of science in spite of obstacles and for her strong moral convictions

Nobel Laureate and co-inventor of the Haber-Bosch process (1874 – 1940)

Eminent Irish organic chemist was the first to synthesize succinic acid

Enabling breakthroughs in biochemistry and archaeology

Kekulé's groundbreaking idea was published in 1865