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platinum chemical element transition metal hydrogen carbon sodium nitrogen sulfur phosphorus boron iodine fluorine zinc

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William Hyde Wollaston, detail of a pencil drawing by J. Jackson; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

William Hyde Wollaston

British scientist

Richard F. Heck, 2010.

Richard F. Heck

American chemist

Negishi Ei-ichi

Negishi Ei-ichi

Japanese chemist

Suzuki Akira

Suzuki Akira

Japanese chemist

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