Sharpless

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Sharpless is the surname of K. Barry Sharpless, an American chemist renowned for his Nobel Prize–winning work in asymmetric synthesis and click chemistry.

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instanceOf American chemist
chemist
human
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
PhD
awardReceived Franklin Medal
surface form: Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001

Nobel Prize in Chemistry
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022

Priestley Medal
Wolf Prize in Chemistry
birthName K. Barry Sharpless
surface form: Karl Barry Sharpless
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1941-04-28
educatedAt Dartmouth College
Stanford University
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Scripps Research Institute
surface form: Scripps Research

Stanford University
familyName Sharpless self-linksurface differs
fieldOfWork asymmetric synthesis
click chemistry
organic chemistry
givenName Karl
hasResearchInterest enantioselective catalysis
green chemistry
knownFor Sharpless aminohydroxylation
Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation
Sharpless epoxidation
asymmetric epoxidation
concept of click chemistry
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
notableConcept click chemistry
notableStudent Morten Meldal
notableWork development of chiral catalysts for asymmetric oxidation
placeOfBirth Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
positionHeld W. M. Keck Professor of Chemistry
residence La Jolla, California, United States
sharesNobelPrizeWith Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Morten Meldal
Ryoji Noyori NERFINISHED
William S. Knowles

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K. Barry Sharpless familyName Sharpless
Sharpless familyName Sharpless self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: K. Barry Sharpless