| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 
| Year: | 1973 | 
| Number: | 168 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Herbert Charles  Brown | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1912 | 
| Year, Death: | 2004 | 
| Profession: | Chemist | 
| City: | West Lafayette | 
| State: | IN | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Paul   von Ragué Schleyer | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1930 | 
| Year, Death: | 2014 | 
| Profession: | Physical organic chemist | 
| University: | Princeton University | 
| City: | Princeton | 
| State: | NJ | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Georg  Wittig | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1897 | 
| Year, Death: | 1987 | 
| Profession: | Chemist | 
| City: | Heidelberg | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | A  Laurent | 
| Profession: | Chemist | 
| City: | Lyon | 
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) | 
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| Comments: | The prize to be shared between H.C. Brown, P.v.R. Schleyer and G. Wittig. | 
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