<p>The trio won for their work in the development of "palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis", a chemical tool used for creating advanced chemicals, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.<br /><br />Among its uses are carbon-based molecules that are as complex as those created by nature.Heck, who was born in 1931, is professor emeritus at the University of Delaware in the US.<br /><br />Negishi, born 1935, is chemistry professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana in the US, while Suzuki, born 1930, is professor emeritus at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.</p>.<p><br />The chemistry prize is the third Nobel prize to be announced this year.Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov Tuesday shared the physics prize.<br />On Monday, the medicine prize was awarded to British researcher Robert Edwards a pioneer of in-vitro fertilisation.</p>
<p>The trio won for their work in the development of "palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis", a chemical tool used for creating advanced chemicals, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.<br /><br />Among its uses are carbon-based molecules that are as complex as those created by nature.Heck, who was born in 1931, is professor emeritus at the University of Delaware in the US.<br /><br />Negishi, born 1935, is chemistry professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana in the US, while Suzuki, born 1930, is professor emeritus at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.</p>.<p><br />The chemistry prize is the third Nobel prize to be announced this year.Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov Tuesday shared the physics prize.<br />On Monday, the medicine prize was awarded to British researcher Robert Edwards a pioneer of in-vitro fertilisation.</p>
