| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 
| Year: | 1958 | 
| Number: | 73 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Vladimir  Prelog | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1906 | 
| Year, Death: | 1998 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (École Polytechnique) | 
| City: | Zurich | 
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Georg  Wittig | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1897 | 
| Year, Death: | 1987 | 
| Profession: | Dr | 
| University: | Heidelberg University | 
| City: | Heidelberg | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Henri  Normant | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1907 | 
| Year, Death: | 1997 | 
| City: | Paris | 
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) | 
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| Comments: | First choice: V Prelog, second choice: Georg Wittig. | 
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