Richard R. Schrock

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Nobel laureate chemist human

Richard R. Schrock is an American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on olefin metathesis and organometallic chemistry.

Aliases (1)

Richard Royce Schrock ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate → chemist → human →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry → PhD in Chemistry →
awardReceived	ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry → Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award → F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry → Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005 →
birthPlace	Berne, Indiana, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1945-01-04 →
doctoralAdvisor	John A. Osborn →
educatedAt	Harvard University → University of California, Riverside →
employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
era	20th-century chemistry → 21st-century chemistry →
familyName	Schrock →
fieldOfWork	catalysis → chemistry → olefin metathesis → organometallic chemistry →
fullName	Richard Royce Schrock →
givenName	Richard →
hasAcademicAffiliation	MIT Department of Chemistry →
hasDiscovered	highly active molybdenum-based olefin metathesis catalysts → tungsten-based olefin metathesis catalysts →
influenced	development of metathesis in organic synthesis →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences →
nobelPrizeMotivation	for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis →
notableConcept	Schrock carbene →
notableFor	development of well-defined molybdenum and tungsten alkylidene complexes → pioneering work on olefin metathesis →
notableStudent	Amir H. Hoveyda →
occupation	research chemist → university professor →
positionHeld	Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry → Professor of Chemistry at MIT →
researchFocus	design and synthesis of transition metal alkylidene complexes → mechanism of olefin metathesis →
sexOrGender	male →
sharesNobelPrizeWith	Robert H. Grubbs → Yves Chauvin →
workplace	Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Richard R. Schrock ("Richard Royce Schrock") →	fullName
Nobel Prize in Chemistry →	notableLaureate
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry →	notableRecipient
Yves Chauvin →	sharesNobelPrizeWith