Ernst Otto Fischer shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering organometallic chemistry. His work on sandwich compounds demonstrated novel ways in which metals bind to organic groups and expanded the possibilities of molecular synthesis.
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Ernst Otto Fischer
Nobel Prize history for Ernst Otto Fischer based on the award records stored in the World History Database.
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