Below is a list of the prizewinners during the period 1981-1990 with a description of the work which won them their prizes. (1981) K.Fukui and R.Hoffmann - for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions; (1982) A.Klug - for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nuclei acid-protein complexes. (1983) H.Taube - for his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes; (1984) R.B.Merrifield - for his development of the methodology for chemical...