| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 
| Year: | 1936 | 
| Number: | 1 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Otto P Diels | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1876 | 
| Year, Death: | 1954 | 
| Profession: | prof | 
| University: | Kiel University | 
| City: | Kiel | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Kurt  Alder | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1902 | 
| Year, Death: | 1958 | 
| University: | University of Cologne | 
| City: | Cologne | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Marcel  Delépine | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university | 
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) | 
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| Comments: | First choice: O. Diels.
Second choice: O. Diels and K. Alder, divided. | 
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