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During the past six decades, most discoveries in chemistry had structural aspects. Our brief overview selected some of the most conspicuous cases that were recognized by Nobel Prizes. They include studies of the chemical bond and stereochemical aspects, new methodologies of structure determination, and the structure of new materials.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Saint Francis University, P.O. Box 600, Loretto, PA, 15940-0600, USA

    Balazs Hargittai

  2. Materials Structure and Modeling Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest, University of Technology and Economics, P.O. Box 91, 1521, Budapest, Hungary

    István Hargittai

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Hargittai, B., Hargittai, I. Nobel Prize and structural chemistry II. Struct Chem 23, 1–5 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-011-9932-7

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