Richard F. Heck

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Richard F. Heck was an American chemist best known for developing the Heck reaction, a pioneering palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling method that transformed organic synthesis.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry
chemist
human
organic chemist
academicDegree PhD in chemistry
awardReceived Arthur C. Cope Award
H. C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods
surface form: Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods

Nobel Prize in Chemistry
causeOfDeath complications of illness in old age
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1931-08-15
dateOfDeath 2015-10-09
doctoralAdvisor Saul Winstein NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of California, Los Angeles
employer Hercules Powder Company
University of Delaware
era 20th century
21st century
familyName Heck
fieldOfWork organic chemistry
organometallic chemistry
givenName Richard
hasCitizenshipStatus natural-born American citizen
hasDoctoralThesisTopic rearrangement reactions in organic chemistry
influenced materials science
modern cross-coupling chemistry
pharmaceutical synthesis
knownFor Heck reaction
palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Chemical Society
middleName Fred
NobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
NobelPrizeMotivation for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis
NobelPrizeYear 2010
notableConcept aryl–alkene palladium-catalyzed coupling
notableWork development of the Heck reaction
placeOfBirth Springfield, Massachusetts
surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
placeOfDeath Manila
surface form: Manila, Philippines
positionHeld professor of chemistry
residence Newark, Delaware
surface form: Newark, Delaware, United States of America
sexOrGender male
sharesNobelPrizeWith Akira Suzuki NERFINISHED
Ei-ichi Negishi
spouse Socorro Nardo-Heck
workLocation Newark, Delaware
Wilmington, Delaware

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Akira Suzuki sharedNobelPrizeWith Richard F. Heck
Ei-ichi Negishi sharesNobelPrizeWith Richard F. Heck